BRAVE FACE

The inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child

Hey Queen Elizabeth, I Get It!

I have been watching Queen Elizabeth since she became a widow and, in my opinion, all the attention and coddling she receives isn’t doing her any good at all. I bet she hates it. I know, as a widow of four years, I would.  The poor dear is being treated like she...

Mark Zuckerberg is a Thief!

Seriously! He changed “Facebook” to “Meta!” And he doesn’t even pronounce it correctly. Probably because IT HASN”T BEEN HIS NAME FOR THE LAST 87 YEARS! Honestly. Why couldn’t he have called it “Mark?” Everyone...

My Stories are on Youtube!

I recently returned home after spending two months or so with my daughter, Caroline. We played with my great-grandchildren, took walks, shopped until we dropped, and talked and talked. All normal and enjoyable pasttimes.  What was not so usual was when she asked me to...

After the Vaccine, I am Reborn

It has now been two weeks since my second COVID-19 vaccination. The snow is gone. I feel like I’m in a dream. Today I went to a grocery store. It was full of people, all happy to be out. Everybody greeted everybody. Many people had a short conversation with laughs and...

My Life Through the Decades

In just over a month, I will celebrate by 86th birthday. I was born on the shores of the North Sea. The sound of the waves was my lullaby, the watchtower in the harbor kept watch over me. I had a few years of innocence, but the end of my first decade found me cold and...