Writing from Leeuwarden, Friesland (Netherlands)
Turning 55 in my ancestral homeland
Today is my birthday. I turn fifty-five. And, I am spending it in the land of my ancestors.
As I write this post—looking out the top-floor window of a 100-year-old dutch home at the quaint brick-homed neighborhood around me—the fact that I’m here hasn’t completely landed for me.
Leeuwarden is the provincial capital (the capital of Friesland and seat of t…
