- Original Dutch Stories
- ~ The Flying Priest
- ~ The Mill Knife
- ~ And the Farmer Ploughs On
- ~ A Royal Child
- ~ Adventure at Night
- ~ Dirk Bult
- James de Bree
- ~ Little Brother from Scheveningen
- ~ A Thorn in the Flesh
- ~ Klaas Pot
- ~ Bertus
- The Elephant Beastie
- ~ From Generation to Generation
- Reflections of a Grocer
- ~ Have Mercy on Us
- ~ About Cats and Dogs
- ~ Can’t We Have Some Fun?
- ~ Blackberries
- ~ Cupido
- ~ The Sign Cap
- ~ The Weather Turns
- ~ Joop
- Burdens
- ~ On Holiday
- ~ A Nice Sunday Afternoon
- ~ How it Turned Out
- ~ The Raisin Bun
Tag: Canada
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~ The Raisin Bun
Read More: ~ The Raisin BunMy wife and I are well matched. We are both getting into our sixties and live in a prosperous city in Canada…at least one with a Dutch shop. I was born Jan Jansen and my spouse is called Tiny here, but was born Jantina Klazina.
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~ How it Turned Out
Read More: ~ How it Turned OutTo my great surprise, I was sent the booklet “Opa Dekker in Canada” six months after my stay in Canada. Whether I would please read it for a while and then give my permission to have the booklet printed. Well, that was fine by me!
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~ Can’t We Have Some Fun?
Read More: ~ Can’t We Have Some Fun?t’s just a sad state of affairs in Canada these days. We are in the midst of a recession, and there is so much division in many churches that some people want to exit to form even better churches. This must be done with seriousness.
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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 Royal Child
Read More: ~ A Royal ChildI had promised my village colleague Jan Koning that as soon as I arrived in Canada I would visit his only daughter who was in St Margaret Hospital in Toronto
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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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Opa Vliegt Naar Canada
Read More: Opa Vliegt Naar CanadaOpa Dekker. Tachtig en nog goed bij de pinken. Wat stijf in de botten ‘s morgens, maar tegen tienen loopt hij nog veerkrachtig een blokje om. Een leven van hard werken heeft zijn lichaam niet verknoeid. Nou ja, een wat hoge rug. Bijna een bochel. Sommige mannen die lang turf gestoken hebben houden dat ervan…
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Hoofdstuk Acht
Read More: Hoofdstuk AchtIk denk dat dit maar mijn laatste hoofdstuk moet worden. Het schrift is bijna vol en het valt mij ook steeds moeilijker om netjes te schrijven. Mijn handen beginnen zo te trillen, misschien komt dat omdat ik uren achter elkaar aan mijn tafeltje zit. Mevrouw Franken raad me aan wat meer afwisseling in mijn dag…
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Hoofdstuk Zeven
Read More: Hoofdstuk ZevenDe laatste week van mijn verblijf in Canada bracht ik weer in het gezin van Maaike door. Het was wel mooi in Simcoe en Toronto, maar waar is het beter verkeren dan bij je eigen familie? Pieter haalde me op met de auto. Voorwaar een hele tocht, en hij had dat ook niet behoeven te…