Kedara.eu by Ruben Verweij
Ruben Verweij
My name is Ruben Verweij and this is my personal wiki, digital garden, blog, or, to summarize: personal website. At the moment, I’m writing mostly about the following topics: Personal web (lightweight, fast, personal websites: a.k.a. Indieweb, smallweb), Books (book descriptions and reviews), Travel (going places), Tech (software, hardware and other technology) and Sanskrit (Sanskrit texts and the study of the language). I also keep track of what I’m focused on now. This website is bilingual: currently, 54% of the pages are written in English and 46% of the pages are written in Dutch.
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Cycles and Fluctuations This is my contribution to the Indieweb Carnival of November, which is hosted this month by Alex Sirac. The theme chosen by Alex is “Cycles and Fluctuations”. Each day, we start a new cycle. We wake, get up, are active for roughly fifteen hours, wind down and go to sleep again. The next day,...
Now: November 2025 Self Healing from long covid since Feb. 2022 Daily sādhanā: including meditation practice, prāṇāyāma and yoga āsana. Exploring bhakti yoga. Short walks when I’m capable of it Home After 1.5 years, the municipality seems to be favourably inclined regarding our plans for a new home — now, we’re...
Ahamkara: the ego machine This is my contribution to the Indieweb Carnival of October 2025, hosted by Bix Frankonis. The theme for this month is “ego”. As shocking and unpleasant as they are, major disruptions to life can sometimes serve to force us to change our perspective. I had obviously no desire or intention...
An autumn walk My watch gently buzzes me awake. I read a few blog posts on my phone, while staying under the warm covers. Then it’s time to rise; it may be a lazy Sunday, but we have plans. I get washed, dressed, have breakfast and quickly review my camera’s settings,1 as I haven’t used it in months. After my...
Book review: The Living Gita The Bhagavad Gītā is close to my heart: it’s one of my favourite books. That means I’m in luck: there are a lot of different translations and commentaries available. I’ve listed the ones I’ve read so far here. The newest addition is The Living Gita by Swami Satchidananda, which I’ll...
Back to sketching Summer is noticeably giving way to Autumn here in the Netherlands. I’m all for it — not only do I love the fall colours, the cooler temperatures leave me feeling a tad less worn out. The autumn breeze clears my head. I have a limited physical and mental bandwidth, because of long covid. Thankfully,...
More multilingualism please I love the English language. I’ve learned to love it primarily through reading. Most of the websites, books and online communities I know of are in English. In most ways, that’s wonderful: having a language in common (hopefully) leads to more understanding between people and less...
Blaugust 2025 Favorites I’m currently participating in Blaugust 2025, the annual festival of blogging in August. I’ve written about why and how I’m participating and I’ve kept track of my contributions so far in the same post. Here, I’ll collect all my favourite blog post (only those that were written in August, of...
Blaugust 2025 My contribution to the yearly festival of blogging I love the creative process of writing and I enjoy tinkering with this website. In addition, the social activities and challenges are among my favourite aspect of participating in the personal web. I had first heard about somewhere in July, but I’m...
I'd like to be better at book reviews I love reading books. Books that transport you to different worlds, let you have different experiences or even completely change your life. I also love reading book reviews: if someone has lyrically waxed about how much they’ve enjoyed a particular book, I’m highly likely to...
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