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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
2019 in a nutshell and the best wishes for 2020!
If there is only one thing that we have learned in living in Croatia, it is the strength to accept the vulnerability and brokenness and embrace it. This is the opening sentence in the blog…