Black Tulip Inc.
124 Merton St Suite 407 M4S2Z2 Toronto, ON, Canada

After 25 years, something big is happening at Black Tulip. We’ll give you a hint: it involves Joost, Marilyn and a cross-country flight. LEARN MORE >>> http://blacktulip.ca//major-changes-afoot-at-black-tulip-/

Filing small business tax returns late can feel like a total disaster. Here’s what happens if you’re swept up and it happens to you. LEARN MORE >>> http://blacktulip.ca//is-filing-small-business-tax-return/

Occasionally it’s hard to be a professional bookkeeper. Keeping perfect books takes time and effort and some days it feels like the world doesn’t want to give us our due. Here are a few things we keep hearing that make us clench our teeth, along with the reasons you shouldn’t listen! READ MORE >>> http://ow.ly/nxh030qUAxq

It's fascinating and sometimes rewarding to look back over the decades and remember the people you met, the friends you were close to, the others that didn't leave much of an impression and especially to remember your heroes. Recently, after some four decades, I reconnected with one of my personal heroes - a flawed hero, but my hero nevertheless. While still in professional ballet school, I would see him dance in the company I would soon be joining as an apprentice. [ 319 more words ] https://joost2014.wordpress.com/2020/06/28/my-flawed-hero/

There was this "red flash" I saw running through the hallway of the old Koningstraat studio of Netherlands Dance Theatre in The Hague. It was probably in the late summer of 1969. How could I ever have imagined, that more than five decades later, the "red flash" and I would be celebrating her XXth birthday together in Toronto, Canada? This is my earliest memory of Marilyn, my love, my partner, my lover, my best friend and my wife for more than 44 years. [ 412 more words ] https://joost2014.wordpress.com//do-you-really-know-maril/

In just a few days, on June 15, we will be celebrating the 43rd Anniversary of our arrival in Canada. There we were, two dancers with their dog, arriving in Winnipeg in the middle of summer (the "good" season), just because I was offered a contract with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. No expectation beyond a job, minimal knowledge about this awesome country and absolutely no idea that Canada would become our permanent home for (likely) the rest of our lives. [ 571 more words ] https://joost2014.wordpress.com//06/08/next-stop-sidney-bc/

In the middle of the Covid-19 Epidemic, just when we are starting to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, our brilliant Real Estate agent Adrian, comes to us and says: "Let's go now!" Really? Now? You must be crazy! Since early December we have been doing quite a bit of organizing, packing and preparing towards our life-changing plan of selling our Toronto condo, find and purchase a new place on Vancouver Island and move. [ 275 more words ] https://joost2014.wordpress.com//really-now-we-must-be-cr/

As the restrictions from social distancing start to ease and we move into the next phase of recovery, it’s natural for you to wonder how to proceed. Here are a few questions and answers to help you start to figure out what recovery means. LEARN MORE >>> http://ow.ly/jt4n30qK4M9

Eight weeks ago I wrote about our upcoming plans (Time For A New Adventure!), with the idea of regularly sharing updates, notable activities, maybe some successes and failures and of course, pictures. Those plans didn't quite work out as we envisioned, since nearly the entire world had to "shut down" due to the Covid-19 outbreak. We had prepared a tight 3-week schedule, including trips to BC and Winnipeg, while at the same time selling our Toronto condo and discovering and purchasing a new home in Sidney, BC. [ 334 more words ] https://joost2014.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/and-so-it-begins/

Has it really been nearly six months since my last blog? Plenty of interesting stuff happened, worthy of sharing, but sometimes life just gets in the way of doing fun things. Well, it's time for a new adventure! WE'RE RETIRING AND MOVING TO BC! It's been in the works since the winter of 2018/19, when both Marilyn and I fell on our butt walking our dog, slipping on icy sidewalks. [ 393 more words ] https://joost2014.wordpress.com//15/time-for-a-new-advent/

When it comes to the best practices of bookkeeping, have we truly arrived at the pinnacle of our professional development? READ >>> http://ow.ly/H6p230qlysv

Did you ever want to crack open your bookkeeper’s brain like an avocado, and scoop out the delicious knowledge within? READ >>> http://ow.ly/1oJy30qbBf2

Does your business have a December yearend? If so, sorry for interrupting! You must be super busy. A calendar year end can make a big difference to how this month unfolds. READ >>> http://ow.ly/1KfM30q4uuM