This reprise article appeared in 2001 in Het Fiancieel Dagblad English Edition in Amsterdam
I’ll fight you for my pair. Nothing is easier to slip on to take out the trash, bring in the mail or wander around in the garden. They provide a surprisingly comfortable fit yet are a bulky enough reminder to remove when [...]
Tag | Holland
Never Wear Klompen to a Cattle Round-up
Posted on 24 May 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Dutch, Holland, klompen, The Netherlands, wooden shoes
Watching the Ice Thicken…
Posted on 10 January 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 11-cities course, 120 miles, 16th time since 1909, 199 kilometre long, 1997, a time that was less than half that of the original win, bestowing national honour and lifetime fame on the winn, Brussels sprouts farmer (his day job) Henk Angenent, Burgermeesters (we call them mayors), circuitous route through and around Friesland, decked out all in Orange and make a frightful amount of, Denis Campbell, Dutch crown Prince Willem-Alexander also competed, Dutch fans, dutifully and solemnly each day walk out onto the route, each weekend on Nederland 1 one can watch wall-to-wall, Elfstedentoch, ends in the appropriately named Workum, four top marathon-skaters to the team, Friesland, Frisia, held so infrequently, Henk Angenent (’97 winner), Holland, icy deep freeze, Jan-Eise Kromkamp, Leeuwarden, Mokkum, nation’s biggest sporting event, natural gas shortages, obsessed with skating, Piet Kleine (a national icon as well), René Ruitenberg, requisite thickness of 15 centimetres (about 6 inches), Russia’s Gazprom dispute with the Ukraine, serious business, Sneek, The Netherlands, the race will be held, top cyclist coach Hennie Kuiper became coach of a Dutch, truly the best in the world, Watching the Ice Thicken, where it all started just 7-hours earlier, winter grips Northern Europe, won the race in 6 hours and 49 minutes
By Denis Campbell
While winter grips Northern Europe with an icy deep freeze and many look nervously to possible natural gas shortages as Russia’s Gazprom dispute with the Ukraine lingers, the residents of The Netherlands’ northernmost province of Friesland look anxiously forward to this coming week as the mercury has dipped each night to -18 (about [...]
Dude(tte), Give Me Back My Country and My God
Posted on 03 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 18-hours of darkness during the winter, a momentary lapse, abject fear, allow torture, any way possible, balance your own teachings, bloviate, boots on the ground in Iraq (except my kid), brainwashes their Kool-Aid drinking cult members, channelling the late Don LaFontaine, cheat, continent, corrupt Administration, creationism, crucify Senator Obama if one of his kids (obviously at, damnation, deliver a Shakespearean soliloquy, demanding that God Bless America, destroy the economy, develops a spine, dogma, e-mails campaigns, energised the base, Europe, every Democrat is the bogeyman, exact vows of chastity from your kids, fights back, find forgiveness, flip-flop on issues, fossils like ‘Law and Order’ actor Fred Thompson, fourteen years, fully informed, Garrison Keillor, Give Me Back My Country and My God, Give us back our country, guilt, hide behind so-called Patriotic fundamentalist Christia, hiding behind flag pins, highest rates of teenage unprotected sex in the USA, holier than thou platform, Holland, horrific charges, how do you justify the failure of your own dogma and te, immolated the Party’s chances, in a menacing voice says, intelligent design, it hellfire, it’s explainable, Joe Lieberman, judgement, Juneau Alaska, Just say no?, kids make informed choices, Lake Woebegone sketch, lie, lie its way into war, McCain, Nancy Reagan, not the UK, on-camera political suicide, one party dictate a far whacked-out right wing agenda, one strays, over sex education and evolution, parents are realists, phony proselytising preacher, prefer education and protection, puberty hormones exploded everywhere, quaint puritanical notion, Queen Victoria still influences, refuses to acknowledge or own the failures of the last, remember what it was like to be a teenager, Republican base, Republican slips, Sarah Palin, sat on our hands, say ‘No’ to contraception, self-responsible, show your true colours as lobbyist loving politician, sound byte for an attack advert, stand in a militantly Christian church asking God for a, stop taking ownership of God, support his pal, teaching abstinence, tear down any opponents, tear up our treaties and relationships abroad, the attitude is refreshing, The Democratic Party, the end of the world as we know it, The Republican Party, they forgive you before you even ask, throwing his support behind a woman whose positions he, tolerant Carpenter of Galilee, trophy VP, understandable, use partisan politics to tear the country apart for 14-, want to deny a woman’s right to choose, we can get through this with more tax cuts, when a Democrat slips, ‘NOOOO’ to abortion, ‘No’ to condoms to stop STDs, “God says to cut the crap”
For fourteen years we’ve sat on our hands in abject fear, allowing one party to dictate a far whacked-out right wing agenda watching a corrupt Administration lie its way into war, destroy the economy, tear up our treaties and relationships abroad, allow torture and hide behind so-called Patriotic fundamentalist Christian values.
The Republican Party refuses to [...]
To Market, To Market
Posted on 19 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Achterhoek, bicycles, Holland, week market
(Reprise article)
Saturday morning. As a kid I remember watching CBS’ Cartooniverse. Here in eastern Holland’s Achterhoek region, things are different.
We begin with stripping night clothing from kids (and adults) to begin the many loads of clothes washing. Regardless of season, when driving on Saturday morning down the streets of any Dutch village, every second story [...]
SportCenter Not !
Posted on 22 July 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: American Sports, Amsterdam, cycling, Dutch, elfstadentoch, ESPN SportsCenter, European Cup, football, Friesland, Heerenveen, Holland, Monday Night football, NBA Finals World Series, soccer, speed skating, Super Bowl, Swimming, Tour de France, World Cup
(Reprise article)
What I would give to just once hear the ESPN SportsCenter duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-duh theme here in eastern Holland’s Achterhoek region. Living in Europe means the death of the sports I grew up loving.
While America was intrigued and beguiled by outstanding performances on the Salt Lake City speed-skating oval, unless you live in Wisconsin or [...]
The Windmill Keeper
Posted on 20 July 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: checking the wind, craftsmen, flour mill, Holland, Jos Jansen, Laren, Lochem, The Netherlands, Windmill, windmill keeper, woodworkers
(Reprise post)
He was the butcher in the Dutch country town of Laren. As days became years and years decades, he served customers and dreamed of finding something else to do with his life. When he and his wife sold their shop, he faced a dilemma. I’m too young to retire, what should I do with [...]
Orange Fades to Black
Posted on 23 June 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Achterhoek, Australia, Edwin van der Sar, European Cup, Frnace, Guus Hiddink, Holland, Italy, Korea, Netherlands, Orange, Oranje, PSV Eindhoven, Romania, Russia, Varsseveld, World Cup
What a terrible way to end a stellar international career. Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, retired from international football on the losing end of a 3-1 score despite singlehandedly keeping Holland in the match against Russia with stunning saves and exhorting his colleagues to wake up and play! Alas it was to no avail [...]
Hup Holland! Oranje Boven - Ole, Ole, Ole!
Posted on 06 June 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (2) | Tags: Croatia, Czech Republic, Dutch fans, England, European Cup, European Cup 2008, Germany, Greece, Guus Hiddink, Holland, Ireland, Korea, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Wales, World Cup
This weekend begins the quadrennial festival of European football (soccer) as 16-nations battle for the right to hold aloft the European Cup. It all begins at 18:00 on Saturday when hosts Switzerland take on the mighty Czech Republic in what we can only hope will be a close game as this competition will, unfortunately, be [...]
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