by Clarissa | Mar 4, 2019 | dutch life, libraries, personal |
One of the things about continuing to life in a different country is that I’m actively looking for new words. The children at school have activities in order to increase their vocabulary. But I need to work to keep developing mine, otherwise it’s too easy...
by Clarissa | Dec 17, 2018 | personal |
I have been making an effort this year to keep track of what I have been reading. Anyone who knows me knows that I love books and can often be found hiding somewhere with my nose in a book. Increasingly that is a digital book on my phone, which makes it more difficult...
by Clarissa | Aug 9, 2018 | personal, writing |
Since starting to write more seriously, and in so doing learn more about story structure, I find I’m reading more critically. And I can better articulate why I don’t like something. I still need to work on understanding why things work well! This makes me...
by Clarissa | Aug 2, 2018 | family |
This summer I want to try and do the activities that the children want to do – let them lead in choosing, and executing what we do each day. Or at least as much as I can. I have ideas, but I’m going to try not to push those. Ideally we want to have a mix...
by Clarissa | Jul 9, 2018 | dutch life, family, libraries
Dutch public libraries have an annual offer, where for the months of July and August they provide a pre-defined list of ebooks freely available for all library members. These books are all in Dutch, but they cover a variety of age groups (from 4yo to adult) and a...
