Category Archives: Things I Will Miss

The Dutch and their Bikes

Posted on April 21, 2015 by

Just a little intermission from my California Saga… Maarten passed this video on to me, and it is such a fun brief explanation of why the Dutch rode – and still ride – bikes.  This daily biking is one of … Continue reading →

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Wouldn’t it be nice?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by

So Maarten and I sometimes joke with each other; why couldn’t you be Dutch, or why couldn’t you be from Montana?  Things would be so much easier… And the thing is, we are joking, because we both know full well … Continue reading →

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Movie theaters, Heineken, Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

Not that they have anything in common. Last night Maarten and I went out to dinner and a movie.  Before the previews there was a Heineken commercial, and it made me chuckle.  In the Netherlands, such an advertisement would have … Continue reading →

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Homesick

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

Tonight I enjoyed reading back over the past year of my blog.  It’s been an incredible year of intense joy, adventure, play, hardship and change.   We made the absolute most of our last year in the Netherlands, and reading the … Continue reading →

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Slootje Springen

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

There was something Uncle Bart decided Sam needed to learn to do before we leave; something very important:  Slootje Springen. (all photos by bart)

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Sunday Afternoon on the Dike

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

It was cold and blustery, but delightful, for all that.  Have I mentioned I’ll miss the dike? Oh yes, I will.

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Saturday’s Sledding

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Last Friday after skating it started to snow, and within a few hours we had about four inches.  While skaters bemoaned the covering on the ice, kids rejoiced and reminded us all that winter is fun in all its forms.  … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Tomorrow a man  comes to take photos of our house to put up on the real estate website.  Which means someone else is going to come and live in our house.  The house where Mylo was born.  Where the kids started … Continue reading →

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kiss me once, kiss me twice…

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

…Or was it three times? I’ll miss the kissing.  Really, I will.  Though if someone had told me that 8 years ago, or even 5, I might have laughed.  The Netherlands is a 3-kiss country.  There are plenty of ways … Continue reading →

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I will miss…

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

…the sounds of laughter and loud voices floating up to my open summer window in the wee morning hours as kids pedal home from a late night out.

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