by Meta Evenbly | Aug 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
On August 21 in 1907, my mother, Auguste Weidmann, was born in Bottrop in Westphalen. She was the youngest of five sisters: Anna, Ciska, Paula, Agnes and my mom Auguste. The name suited her well. There were also at least five brothers that I know of. I have known only...
by Caroline | Aug 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Interview with Meta https://iammeta.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Brave-face.mp3 For the past few months, my mother has been staying with me while we worked on the book about her childhood in the Netherlands during WWII, Brave Face. This week I’m staying wth...
by Caroline | Aug 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Let’s face it. Pandemics are scary, inconvenient, boring, dangerous, annoying, expensive, and just plain awful. In comparison to most people, I’m coming out relatively unscathed—so far. My brother and his large family all had COVID, but all have recovered. My son has...
by Caroline | Aug 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Those of you who follow this page will have noticed that it hasn’t been updated for a while. It’s not because nothing has been happening. Rather, we’ve been working hard at a rather radical revision. The content is the same; the telling is not. Even the title has been...
by Caroline | May 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Have you noticed that things have become quiet on this Blog? It’s not because we aren’t working on the book. It’s because we are. Writing a book with the goal of attracting a professional publisher is not the same as writing a letter or a scientific paper, neither of...
by Meta Evenbly | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 2017, I wrote this: May 5, 1945. I was 10 years old. Liberation day! Finally it had come and not a day too soon. We really could not believe it finally happened. But then our Canadian liberators drove through our streets. Tank after tank after tank. Everybody...
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