A room in which a birth takes place is often not easily forgotten. Most of you readers who have given birth might remember the rooms vividly, those rooms where our children saw the light for the first time. I know I do. It was an old farmhouse near Utrecht for our firstborn.
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Seedsaving: A future full of hope
While I am standing between the tomato plants, my right foot suddenly sinks down twenty centimeters. I am startled and think: Whose home have I disturbed? And at that moment, a large rat runs past me to the outside. I scream, and that must have been heard a mile away.
There and back again: The garden of abundance
A full year of gardening: the garden of abundance. I tucked the garden in with fresh leaves. Just as we tucked in our children, night after night when they went to sleep, so did I with the garden to let it rest in winters arms. Get a hot pot of thea, a blanket and a comfortable seat, and read along. Yes, this is a longread for a cold winternight. Happy reading!
How a Rule of Life Brings Peace in the Hectic Pace of Life
In our overcrowded modern life, we have to keep a lot of balls in the air: work, family, church or volunteer work, a social life, hobbies, and so on. It is therefore not surprising that many people long for simplicity and attention. But how do you achieve them? How can you maintain peace and order in your head, heart and home?
HOLD ON. Cover Reveal Inside!
Cover Reveal Inside!
A Little Rabbit in Mrs. McJanneke’s Garden
Here are the garden stories of August and September. Last week, it was still over 30 degrees Celcius here, but suddenly the temperature has plummeted, and it feels like autumn. We’ve made some arrangements, this…
My garden in June
The garden of abundance in June!
The garden unveiled
On april 1 at 15.00 the garden will be unveiled. Read more:
Dream in your Dreamhouse, and then: Get To Work!
Here’s my winter garden. Will this barren ground, truly change into a lush garden? What do you think?
10 ancient guidelines for a good life
Once upon a time there was a small boy. His life story was not entirely standard. As a baby he floated in a bulrush basket on the great river Nile. He was born to parents who lived in such a politically unsafe situation that they put him into the water in a basket, because otherwise he would certainly be killed anyway.
Floating on the water, he was found by a princess. Read more…
Work in Progress – and That Is Utterly Okay (+photo’s)
Read here the forword of my workbook by Wil Derkse, an oblat in a monastery and a well- known author of many books about monastic spirituality.
Back to the Balkans #togetherweareone
We had an autumnbreak here and decided to drop everything and go back to Osijek, Croatia, with Femke and Laurens. Read more how we dived back into 7 communities or their representatives.