Category: Herman de Jong
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Een Goede Vrijdag
Read More: Een Goede VrijdagGood Friday morning. I climbed the spiraling, creaking stairs to the organ loft, young and inexperienced, I needed to practice for the evening service.
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Reflections of a Grocer
Read More: Reflections of a GrocerShe is small and sturdy. He, tall and lean. Looking at him, you’d know that they are over-65s. They’ve been shopping here for years.
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Burdens
Read More: BurdensThis story, by Herman de Jong, about a social visit and the troubles it deals with is full of humour and grace.
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James de Bree
Read More: James de BreeA Story by Herman de Jong about a McMaster university student finding peace and love on the island of Terschelling — his (and Herman’s) ancestral home.
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The Elephant Beastie
Read More: The Elephant BeastieOn the edge of our bathtub is a little green elephant. It has stood there since the children were small. My wife keeps it there to hide the soap behind it.
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Sarnia Christian School
Read More: Sarnia Christian SchoolThe art of story telling on display, fifty years after Herman de Jong first stood in front of a classroom and honed his craft.
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Herman and Stiny de Jong read stories
Read More: Herman and Stiny de Jong read storiesOnce upon a time, I’m sure (though I have no memory of it), my mother and father read or told stories to me and my siblings. Probably every day. Whether they were from the bible or not, these stories pushed us to the frontiers of experience without at all endangering us. Only when our own…
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~ Chapter Eight
Read More: ~ Chapter EightI think this should just be my last chapter. The notebook is almost full and I am also finding it increasingly difficult to write neatly. My hands are starting to shake so much, maybe it’s because I sit at my little table for hours at a time.
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~ Chapter Seven
Read More: ~ Chapter SevenI spent the last week of my stay in Canada at Maaike’s family again. While it was nice in Simcoe and Toronto, where better to be comfortable than with your own family? Pieter picked me up by car. Truly quite a journey
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~ Chapter Six
Read More: ~ Chapter SixWhen the dishes are washed and the kitchen sink is neat and tidy, you have to deal with a hefty man of the house in a modern family. I know this by experience because even though I have small dishes, the sink is always tidy. Neat and tidy, says Mrs. Franken, who had to teach…