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Jingle Bells

published on: 04.01.2009 in: All entries

We dismantled our Christmas tree today because it seemed that's what our entire street was doing on this Sunday, January 4th. Otherwise, the thought would have never occurred to me. My son is still singing Jingle Bells. Interestingly, his English is laced with a heavy Dutch accent. He has only recently learned to speak Dutch. […]

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When you least expect it

published on: 02.01.2009 in: All entries

Yesterday morning, I drove to one of the beaches along the coast of Holland. My aim was to join the highly commercialized 'New Year's Dive' event. It's easy to dismiss what the masses do. But standing amidst 10.000 people wearing bright orange winter hats on the ice-cold sand, listening to blasting music and a DJ […]

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