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A correspondence about grief and hope
Where Auke (Art) and I have met every now and then in recent decades, both in the USA and in The Netherlands, the differences between us dominated our contact. Trapped in our own clichés, we had difficulty finding, understanding, each…

Rescuer

Dogs
As I was playing with our dog Beke along the Boterdiep in Beijum in the early 80s, I was suddenly shouted at by a cyclist from the other side of the canal“Animal abuser!” I looked up, disturbed. It was Uncle…

Birthdays
In the Schoonveld family, birthdays were always very important. Uncles and aunts would gather at the birthday party – the living rooms were usually not very big – and there was a lot of chatter. Aunt Elly describes in Gronings…

Baking bread on a stick (baguettes) on Ameland

Cooking lesson for men
Men from previous generations of Schoonveld are not known for experimenting with food. The anecdote goes that Grandpa Willem stayed with us on Ameland. He was used to getting brown beans on Mondays. My mother was not averse to teasing…

Time flies
Daniel: When I was about 8 years old, I went on one of the famous Plas bike rides with my grandparents. I don’t remember exactly where we went and there are different stories about how it went, but we…

Rocket trip to America

25 years ago
Today marks 25 years since our father Johannes Schoonveld passed away. We still miss him often. We want to ask him things, we miss his support. Yesterday, when I visited Uncle Harke, he spoke several times about his older brother…