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I saw a laundry line. The broken and repaired line was full of laundry, next to it was another box full of wet and clean laundry, waiting to get on the line. More laundry than someone…

On the first weekend in August we went for four days to Budapest, so that Jelle could work with Todd Price for a couple of days and so that the kids could have playtime.  I…

  “Make yourself at home!” said the warden in the cathedral of Osijek to me. We are right in the middle of our Summer-mission-trip and one day I just needed some time to be alone and…

Just a few weeks ago, on June the sixth, we could see a gathering of worldleaders on the beach in France. Obama, our own king Willem Alexander, the elderly queen of England, Angela Merkel from…

What do gardening, raising kids and baking bread have in common? This question came into my mind, when I realized that they all fill a daily part of my life. I love it all very…

Dear all, dear friends here in the Netherlands, my friends who came over for my birthday today, my friends who wished me a happy birthday in different other ways, and all my other friends who…

It must have been in the early eighties when I was a little girl of around six years old. And here I was sitting next to my dad and my sister on the front row…

The year 2013 has been quite a good year for our family. Next to the four chicken, the rooster, the two rabbits and the cat, we can also introduce you to “Garfield” Not as lively…

  Het was een paar weken voor onze trouwdag dat ik aan mijn bureautje zat, op mijn slaapkamer. Ik woonde nog thuis bij mijn ouders. Op dat moment realizeerde ik me dat het een grootse,…

Our local government has 500 fruit trees just for local people to enjoy. That is good news for a woman like me. Last week I went with Laurens and got two big bags. After half…