From Mount Doom to bright smiles
For my 3 teens, finishing the 2020 school year was akin to trekking uphill without six meals a day (teens are Hobbitses) and wearing a cape from the elves, paddling a roaring river, throwing [...]
Looking back with great fondness
"I am sorry," I tell her. "This was my first global pandemic as a mother. And my first time parenting teens." Nothing I say will sway a firmly-set opinion. I do not remember these [...]
Victory Day!
Their Queen announced victory and peace for the Dutch people and claimed 5 May 1945 as their Victory Day, as papers were signed in Wageningen of a treaty, with Germany’s admitted defeat. Hundreds of [...]