Dutch art (photoblog)
It is an art in itself to let beauty speak in as few words as possible. Here is an impression of a mother and daughter’s day. It was about time: Femke (15) paid a visit to Amsterdam for the first time of her life and it was years ago for Judith(16) and Marijke. (18) Not…
How to start a journal
Charles gave our girls their first journals. It was years ago now. He was not easily satisfied. I was in Toronto for a long weekend, and he wanted to give them as a gift to our girls. And he wanted the best the Willowdale area of Toronto had to offer. So, we went to one…
The story of the old wall decorator
At the beginning of 2019, I bought an old wall decorator at the Antique market in Osijek. That Market! We wouldn’t miss out. Every first Saturday of the month, the square at the heart of the Old Town Tvrda in Osijek is filled with curiosity objects. During the hot summer months, we would arrive early…
For you: Just 1 unbelievably delicious pizza recipe
During this pandemic we have to stay home a bit more than usual. It can be a reason to do some intensive home baking. It took us a few hours from start to finish to make this recipe and it took us around a few minutes to gobble it up because it was so unbelievably…
Ten Bullet Points about how to do homeschooling and loving it (plus film clip from my kitchen)
“Hello!” from my kitchen to yours. What I am saying in this little clip is: Hello! Many asked us, how did you do that: Homeschooling? Now. It was hard! I threw a book through the room and lost my temper in the beginning. (luckily only once) But we got used to it. I came up…
The little lamb at sunrise: Christ is risen indeed!
For this is the Passover feast. When Christ, the true Lamb of God, is slain whose blood consecrates the homes of all the faith full. Glory to you forever. Easter morning, April, 2020 The field was just a few hundred meters, but the little lamb heard us in the distance, started making his cute noises…
C.S. Lewis’s Ideal Day and (y)ours?
These unusual weeks of working from home make you think: How did other people—before us—do it? I was thinking about C.S.Lewis as his book Surprised by Joy was laying around in our living room, and someone mentioned his description of his Ideal Day during a conversation at the table. In Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis…
No school, no problem. (so far, so good)
” The world’s a stage and all the men and women are merely players.” Shakespeare. It is strange to see in these times of pandemia: organizers start to organize, some people ignore, others freak out, writers start to write. Everybody plays his or her role. For us, it is strangely familiar to be home together…
Interview with Marijke; some insight in the world of a Mission Kid
How is it for a Mission Kid, to live in a family that is moving around? Just thought that you might like to read an article about Marijke in a Christian newspaper. It gives some real insight into how life can be for a Mission Kid. This is how we know our Marijke and we…
A rule of life or: How to find rhythm in a hectic world.
That Christmas vacation flew by. I slumbered through the bangs of fireworks celebrating old and new, and when we got up the next morning, we lived in a new year—a year that I am not yet ready for. I rub my eyes and feel that I am living somewhere in September of the year 2019.…