Nederlands(Nederlands) GEDROST (12)
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Tagged Bataven, Burgeroorlog, Civilis, Opstand, Romeinen, Vespasianus
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Robert Louis Stevenson – Gift to the world
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
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Tagged Literature, RLS, Samoa, Scotland, Storyteller
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(Nederlands) Oude maar niet vergeten woorden
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Tagged AFTH, Etymologie, Groot Dictee, ouderwets, Woord van het jaar
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(Nederlands) Laaggeletterdheid in Nederland
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Tagged laag opgeleid, laaggecijferdheid, laaggeletterden, stichting lezen en schrijven, voorlezen
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The oak tree, a natural monument
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
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Tagged Nature reserve Wolfheze, Natuurmonumenten, Oosterbeekse School, Veluwezoom, Walks, Wodanseiken
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