Category: Stories
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~ The Sign Cap
Read More: ~ The Sign CapThe only joy I experienced during those long study evenings was looking forward to Saturday. The little farmhouse had become my actual home. The silence of the uninhabited world at the bottom of the dyke calmed my soul and the happy girl created a joy in me that lasted throughout the week.
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~ Blackberries
Read More: ~ BlackberriesOne day in late August, Liesbet and I, Arie, were taking a drive through the beautiful countryside of Drenthe. Our dog Jasper sat neatly in the back and looked out of the window monotonously. But when the ride got a bit too long, he started to whine softly. He just needs to get out, said…
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~ From Generation to Generation
Read More: ~ From Generation to GenerationThe year of our Lord, 1478. The hubbub retreated within the city walls. People grumbled. The body hanging from the gallows had gone limp all too soon.
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~ Bertus
Read More: ~ BertusBertus, our youngest son, was and is our worry child. However, he was never sickly, and by no means dumb. Just terribly mischievous. This child was different from our Wim. You could call Bertus a maverick.
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~ Klaas Pot
Read More: ~ Klaas PotMy wife and I come to Canada every other year to visit our children. Thus, we have gained many friends in Canada as well. Mostly older people who belong to the same church as our children’s families. The only exception is Klaas Pot.
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~ A Thorn in the Flesh
Read More: ~ A Thorn in the FleshEelke Van Doorn has been walking since 1985 in a pair of Brazilian shoes he bought in a Canadian shoe shop while visiting his children
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~ Little Brother from Scheveningen
Read More: ~ Little Brother from ScheveningenMy grandson who is studying to be a pastor in Grand Rapids knocked on my door. He is a somewhat shy little man and it took him about an hour to come up with the purpose of his visit
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~ Adventure at Night
Read More: ~ Adventure at NightAs you know, we had to stay with Mother this time. We had just arrived and our dear Mom had already brewed the coffee. I took a look around. You know those little flats. A room, a little bedroom next to it, and a little kitchen with a shower/WC behind it. Everything tiny.
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~ The Mill Knife
Read More: ~ The Mill KnifeFor the first time in my life, I saw my father peeling potatoes. He did it somewhat shyly, as it was still the case then that women did all the housework
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Een Mooie Zondagmiddag
Read More: Een Mooie ZondagmiddagEr waren eens een jongetje en een meisje. Het jongetje was vijf jaar en het meisje ook. Het waren tweelingen die helemaal niets op elkaar leken. Het jongetje, dat was Klaas, had zwart haar net als zijn vader. Het meisje Melissa, had blond haar net als haar moeder. Het waren twee schattige kinderen, dat zei…