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Ina Schroders-Zeeders

Ina Schroders-Zeeders
Location
Terschelling West, The Netherlands
Birthday
January 04
Bio
Freelance Dutch writer. (fiction) Married, 3 sons Living on an island in the North of the Netherlands. Book in English: "Veritas" 160 poems http://www.amazon.com/Veritas-Ina-Schroders-Zeeders/dp/0983676461/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331059645&sr=1-15

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This is probably old for English speaking readers, but it was new for me.  Someone put this pic on a Dutch blog. I googled and found this on "Bill Stickers is innocent":

"In the UK in the 1960s an attempt was made to reduce fly posting (the illegal pasting up of… Read full post »

OCTOBER 18, 2009 4:49AM

Beach hunters' sorrow

17 okt 2009

"Nuts!"

"Laptops!"

"Wood!"

Rumour had it yesterday that this was all washed ashore on our island, or was on its way over, so we went to the beach and checked.  We decided to take our change at Formerum aan Zee, and see if there were Landrovers and Jeeps and in what direction… Read full post »

 Fam_Velvis_a_b__De_Dankbaarheid_1927_

This picture was made in a Danish port, about 1927/1929 I think.  The little girl is my mother, born 1924, the others are her parents Harmannes and Neeltje, and brothers Jan and Wubbo.  The ship was called Dankbaarheid, (Greatfullness, Gratitude) a tjalk, with sails, on w/Read full post »

OCTOBER 4, 2009 10:45AM

A funeral

The last summerlike day it was, when we walked behind the hearse to the graveyard to burry my mother, who died September 20. We all carried one white rose.

The ceremony had been sober, with my husband speaking about her life, my text.  We had some music. There were people from… Read full post »

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009 2:40PM

A way to go

This blog might not be up to standard, as I am typing in between visits to the old peoples home where my mother is dying. She is 85 and she had been suffering from dementia for years. She weighs almost nothing now, and she is unconcious, as she is dehydrating, she… Read full post »

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 5:45AM

Passenger seat

Passenger seat 
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I know he would easily die for me but the thing that touches me most
Is  when he drives I feel safe on the passenger seat
He won’t take any risks with our lives. 
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I close my eyes while he drives to whereRead full post »
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 4:55PM

The dance at Durbar Court

Tonight, 150 young girls were going along to Durbar Court in London's Whitehall, for a rather traditional event - but one which has fallen out of favour in recent years. The last few years not many ladies met the standard the organization was looking for.Turtleneck   Cheryl Jones-FortescuRead full post »

Terschelling, Netherlands, June 1964

She was skipping the rope that, on the other end, was tight up on the stoop bench, while she stood across the street and my friend was jumping. She had been jumping for such a long time, she started to pant. That’s the thing I remember

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When the romantic term Weltschmerz (worldpain, hurt of the world?) was ‘invented’ by Jean Paul, born  as Johann Paul Frielrich Richter ( 21-03-1763  - 14-11-1825), a German writer,  the World  as he knew it was quite smaller than we do nowadays and he meant quite sometRead full post »

AUGUST 30, 2009 3:22PM

A trip to Amsterdam

Two weeks ago my husband, our youngest son and I went to Amsterdam for a short visit. We took the fast ferry to Harlingen at 7.30.  For our teenager that was a bit early but he took it as a man.

15 aug, 09 Maarten op de TigerRead full post »