“Well, this is really worth the detour,” Yvonne says appreciatively, “I’m glad I followed Henriëtte’s recommendation. Nice to have a room all to myself for a few nights. Take a break.” Yvonne walks the pilgrimage route to Fátima, with stamp booklet and al She has already done the road to Santiago de Compostela. “It’s getting […]
“I’ll call soon to discuss it – I’d love to celebrate my birthday here. It’s in October … but I’ll call in a week or two … ” And indeed, she calls: “Can it be then-and-then, we won’t make it late, people come during the day to congratulate, and later we go into the Fancy
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Thirty thousand years ago. Then when people felt the urge to go elsewhere, they turned to their wise woman or shaman, packed their flints and coconuts, and started walking. We do things a little differently these days. We grab our phone and turn to a search engine We’re no longer as surprised as the old
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“ELLEN!” Hugo sounds like there really is something, “ELLEN! THERE’S A FIRE!” Ah! So I heard it right, there is something. Certainly something! Fire! What??! Where?! Why?? Within seconds, Hugo is at the end of the garden hose, trying to get as far as he can with a pretty wimpy trickle, and I’m running back
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In the morning: Look well, fits perfectly, cut fiercely, spread nicely, press, next… In the afternoon: Mix well with an old whisk, a good dollop on your rubber, and just smear away … Great time to continue with the large facade mosaic In this beautiful autumn week, not too hot, not too cold, no rain,
It’s a 100 to 1. Same story every time. Set up the scaffolding, and it’s going to rain. Especially now that São Matéus is approaching, the weather gods are very sensitive I’m delirious, you say? No, the weather is regulated differently here than with you up north. Turned out so, because when we had set
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The phone rings. A Luxembourg number. That’s not surprising, because a quarter of Luxembourg’s population consists of portuguese emigrés, who usually come to the mother country on holiday at this time of year. It’s not about what I expect: a question for a room reservation It’s about something completely different, and before I understand what
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Hip Hip Hooray! Long will I live! I’ve rarely celebrated my birthday – but now I’m turning 61 and I was born in ’61. Nice … For the occasion, I’m doing what you often see happening to people of a certain age: I’m going to ask for money for a good cause. I have chosen
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L.S. After church service this morning, part of a chant (“where angels are rulers”) popped into my mind and I wanted to figure out the whole chant.For this I searched in the old hymnal of my sister Arta and also came across a map of a certain Willeke, also on behalf of Sebe, Welmoed and
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A peaceful Friday, early evening, just after dinner. The boys are like five little sweethearts gaming at the big table: “Look out! He’s behind you! Foda-se! kill him! kill him! … Ah, now I’m dead …!” I’m at my post on the other side of the curtain because on Friday nights there are always guests
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