Tag: van der Molen

A domain for the Omega Research Foundation

Popko, my dad, has founded the Omega Research Foundation in 1984 (when I was two years old). The Foundation was to serve as a a vehicle for his research into cyclical changes within ecological and social systems. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on March 22, 2007, at 21:03 | No comments

Rowan Rodrik van der Molen

About the author. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on December 23, 2006, at 03:12 | No comments

Jorrit Jorik van der Molen

Jorrit is a boy, the only other boy among my five siblings. He is the oldest son of our parents, and big brother to everyone except Arwen. Of the six of us, he's easily the most intelligent. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 4 years ago, on August 13, 2006, at 01:08 | 2 comments

Laurelin Lucinda van der Molen

Of my two younger sisters, Laurelin is the youngest. She disrupted the steady trend of the two years interval between all her five older siblings by being born three instead of two years after Myrna, in 1987. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 4 years ago, on July 24, 2006, at 01:07 | 1 comment

Myrna Marinda van der Molen

I hope one day I get to see The secret land of if Where in between the maybe's The only lonely live Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 4 years ago, on July 08, 2006, at 07:07 | 1 comment

Ynske Ylonda van der Molen

I used to share a bedroom with Ynske. This was even more fun than sharing one with Jorrit, because Ynske was always the coziest of everyone. The best thing was that Ynske was born in 1980. This made her only two instead of Jorrit's four to five years older than me. It used to be so that when I tried to stay awake untill Jorrit had to go to bed, I would inevitably fail, whereas with Ynske we shared the same bed-time for a while. Her company also greatly alleviated my fear of muggers and robbers who jumped at me from my bed-time stories. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 4 years ago, on July 08, 2006, at 01:07 | No comments

Notes about my family

It could be interesting to put some genealogical information here, if you're into that sort of thing, which I am not. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 4 years ago, on November 12, 2005, at 01:11 | 1 comment