by Meta Evenbly | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Just the other day I remembered again how, during the Hunger Winter, I crawled inside the cupboard where, in better times, the potatoes were stored. I was little and had to crawl all the way in. I was looking for rice kernels, as my mother used to store dry...
by Meta Evenbly | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
About balance in life, a proper balance is very important and ensures that we have the best chance of healthy bodies, healthy minds, and healthy relationships. In the garden of Eden, the apple provided vitamin C, but also the knowledge of good and evil. It was good...
by Meta Evenbly | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
I once heard someone say, “How does any of us know what we are reaching for?” I understood him to mean, “What are our goals?” Does anybody know what we are reaching for? As far as I can see it, I am here to fulfill my potential. I believe that to be true for all...
by Meta Evenbly | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
I know people who run far and wide to look for happiness. It is so difficult sometimes to find it at its seat, let alone when you’re blindly running around looking for it. I think that the seat of happiness is in one’s self. As the center of our own universe, we are a...
by Meta Evenbly | Feb 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Meta lived right by the beach, so you may wonder if, in the summer, she ever went away on vacation. After all, many Dutch and foreign people, who go away for a holiday, go to Scheveningen. The big attractions there were, not only the beautiful strand (beach), but also...
by Caroline | Jan 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Well, it is done. You may be asking what is done. The book. And the website–well, nearly. With regard to the book, I am Meta: Growing up in the Occupied Netherlands, I wrote stories I remembered my mother telling me while I was growing up. Then, Mom (Meta...
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