by drcrocker | Jan 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
About a year ago, I reviewed my published books. As with most authors, they improved with each one I wrote. The first, Free to Think, required an overwhelming amount of work—maybe one day. But Ireentje… Now, that book was doable. So, I began the rewrite by...
by drcrocker | May 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Once upon a time, a long time ago, in 1966 to be precise, I found myself moving with my Dutch parents from Canada to Iowa. Thus, through no fault of my own, I found myself with several difficult questions to answer. As an immigrant with parents whose parents had been...
by drcrocker | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, I spent some time helping my mother, the subject of Brave Face: A Half-Dutch Half-German Child Growing up in the Shadow of WWII, sort photos. Naturally, her parents feature heavily in the book about her childhood. So, it was interesting to find...
by drcrocker | Aug 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I am the eldest of five children. As such, it appears that I am still considered the go-to person, and I like to think that my siblings still respect my opinions. Well, I can like to think it anyway! Just recently, I spent some time helping my widowed mother...
by drcrocker | May 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Visiting some of my grandchildren last week, one of them showed me what she can do. Yup, that’s her way up in the tree. Amazingly, she came down as easily as she went up. It reminded me of a long, long time ago when my now 55-year-old twin brothers got stuck in a Fir...
by drcrocker | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
The other day, I was reminiscing with my mother, who is staying with me while we are self-isolating during this pandemic. She read through the first draft of my second middle-grade chapter book, which is currently called “Ireentje Makes Waves.” The title is a work in...
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