(Nederlands) GEDROST (12)

Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

Posted in , Nieuws | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Robert Louis Stevenson – Gift to the world

rls-schrijven

Robert Louis Stevenson

Here he lies where he longed to be / Home is the sailor, home from the sea / And the hunter home from the hill’ form the last lines of an epitaph and mark the grave of an extraordinary man. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his own elegy and determined his final resting-place, on top of Mount Vaea overlooking Vailima, his former home and estate on Samoa. There where he longed to be. He was only 44 years old. Continue reading

Posted in Art & Culture, Nieuws | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

(Nederlands) Oude maar niet vergeten woorden

Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

Posted in Nieuws, Language | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

(Nederlands) Laaggeletterdheid in Nederland

Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

Posted in Language | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The oak tree, a natural monument

Wodanseiken, 1849, Jacob Jan Cremer

Wodanseiken, 1849, Jacob Jan Cremer

In all areas north of the equator oak trees grow naturally, and in ancient times immense oak woods covered large parts of Europe. The oak is a remarkable tree, a divine tree, famous, revered, and threatened. As irregular, powerful and vulnerable as life itself. Continue reading

Posted in Art & Culture | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment