The road between Orangeville and Listowel stretched ahead of me, endlessly. A fine drizzle obscured

Times were different then. Workers at farms and factories did not earn much and there were few social services. In the depression era, farmers could barely keep their heads above water.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, when, with a great artillery of suspicious, black-and-white, theological wordplay, we gloss over the precious precedent of your long suffering and mankind’s.

A tale of deconstruction: He is alone. The dyke is still wrapped in morning mist and the sheep that keep looming up are standing motionless, except for one pleading lamb

On the occasion of Justin & Laura’s wedding, July 5, 2025, we remember Harm & Dina’s marriage 91 years ago.

On the eightieth anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands, Harry van der Laan looks back with the eyes of a child.

In September 1939 the second World War started. I remember that many people were recruited for the army, the number of unemployed started to decline sharply and the economy picked up so at first we didn’t worry much about the war. We were confident that Holland could stay out of the war. I remember there […]

sit still! how could i have sat still
when all the colours of the rainbow
quite unexpectedly began to
wiggle through the church?

birds are endlessly busy in their unlimited sky theirs is a bit of the Kingdom no limits
no subdivisions no wind strong enough
to catch their wings in a downward spiral