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Pier Jansen
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"What do you remember about your grandmother's garden?"
My grandmother's garden was small but full. Beans, a ditch, and a pear tree. In summer everything smelled of pears, and a little of the water in the ditch.
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Tryntsje de Vries
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"Tell me something about your mother's hands. The smell, the shape, what they did."
My mother's hands smelled of soap and butter. Sometimes also of the garden — of earth and the herbs she picked. In the evening I could smell her hands on the sheet.
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Pier Jansen
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"What do you remember about Sunday morning in your house when you were small?"
Sunday morning was very quiet. First the birds, then the church bells across the water. Mother made porridge and we sat together at the table.
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Tryntsje de Vries
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"Describe the bread your family ate. The smell, the shape, who baked it."
The bread was big and heavy. The baker came every week with his horse. The whole house smelled of fresh bread and cake all of Tuesday.