 | Autos - I enjoy cars, especially from the '50s! I have good
shots of former cars that will be posted on another page.
I always wanted an Edsel when I was a teen. The picture here was
taken at a Forth of July parade.
 My favorite was the
'57 Mercury Parklane Cruiser. In the future I plan to create a page to
post pictures of all the vehicles that I/we have owned. |
| Travel - Diane and I love traveling around the world.
Some day we plan to post pictures of our travels: Netherlands,
Australia. Also domestic trips: from California to New
Hampshire. |
| Church - We are members of the Christian Reformed Church. |
| Books - I (Martin) am an avid reader and will
post books that I have read and recommend:
- "Dutch Chicago" by Robert Swierenga
(Eerdmans).
- "Uprooted", by
Canadian Anne van Arragon Hutton. It is out of print; she has a
web site so check that out.
http://www.hutton.org/uprooted/
- "Now, That's a Good Question", by R.C.Sproul (Tyndale).
Clear answers to a lot of difficult questions. I highly
recommend it as well. It is one of many books from
Ligonier Ministries.
- Another
excellent book about the post war immigration to Canada is "To All My
Children" by Albert VanderMey (Paideia Press) It has been
reprinted and available through Vanderheide Publishing Company
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| History - As you can figure out from the "book"
section, history is a favorite. It is for both Diane and me. This is
especially true of family history. We will be posting
genealogical information from both the Rustenburg and Buteyn sides of
the family. One book that has really grabbed the attention
of North American historians is "The Island at the Center of the World"
by Russell Shorto. It is the epic story of Dutch Manhattan
and the forgotten Colony that really shaped what the United States
became. Long forgotten documents of that time period are being
translated. Because of the picture these present, historians are
literally rewriting USA history.
http://islandatthecenteroftheworld.com |
