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Joke De Roeck
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Blue Monday Magic
If - like me - you are one of those nostalgic souls who easily catch a bad case of the winter blues, today could be especially gloomy....
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 30, 20223 min read
2022 Reflections
‘Twas the night before Christmas, or not really. More like the night before my flight to Belgium where I instantly turned into a snow...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 11, 20222 min read
Inner winter in winter
It’s been a week. Inner winter in winter, let’s go. Full moon rising over the ocean, pumping myself full of vitamins as everybody around...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 3, 20222 min read
New Zealand memories
If you know me a little bit or if you’ve been reading these posts sometime over the past ten years, you have probably figured out I’m a...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 27, 20222 min read
A dreamy recollection
It’s been a while, I know I know. I’ve been hiding in the mountains for the past few weeks. Somewhere near Granada, in a tiny town called...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 7, 20223 min read
A festival and a wedding: PART 2
The wedding After the funtastic festival that left me buzzing with delight, it was time to get back home to Valencia and scrub up for the...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 2, 20222 min read
A festival and a wedding: PART 1
The first days of November are to remember those who have passed on to other realms and to reflect on death. I decided to do this by...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 20, 20222 min read
Blood on the dance floor
When you’re all out of chocolate but Young Fathers' Cocoa Sugar is blasting through the living room and the windows vibrate and the...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Floating days and Death Cafes
It’s been a week of floating on fuzzy clouds, so high up hardly ever coming down. In the midst of poetry and friends warming my heart,...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 9, 20222 min read
High on adrenaline and poetry
It’s been three days and my heart is still beating in fireworks. Thursday night I organised an evening of poetry and storytelling where I...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 5, 20221 min read
Tuesday Night Black Ice Cream
Last night I saw Helado Negro performing his sweet tunes pouring them like warm oil in my ears I closed my eyes without thinking I was...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 28, 20222 min read
A Night Of Poetry
Hello, lovers! What has everybody been up to and are you all just as excited as I am that AUTUMN IS HERE? This little troll is finally...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 21, 20222 min read
Jackie of all trades
Hello autumn, you season of cosiness. The change of season is always an excellent time to start a new chapter, I believe. September and...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 18, 20221 min read
End Of Summer Sunday
The rain wakes me Earlier than I would like But hey it’s Sunday and I have Absolutely no plans but to live Life in PJ’s read poetry cook...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 2, 20221 min read
Sunkissed bliss
Sunkissed skin Bringing summer in Pouring golden glows Into my pores Time to pause No need to worry cause This is your holiday Working...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 23, 20222 min read
The Valencian Void
How did we survive the days after summer camp when we were little? Did we indulge in milk and cookies and watch cartoons until we fell...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 9, 20221 min read
Nocturnes
Oh how the night changes life as we know it people are less aware shame vanishes, embarrassment is nonexistent dancing is the new...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 3, 20222 min read
Stick on moustaches and other sweaty stuff
Ah, Valencia! Where a sense of perpetual vacation is floating in the air. Where cockroaches are fat, juicy and deeply disappointed in...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 28, 20222 min read
Daily stardust
Is the festival dust still settling? Am I seeing the world through kaleidoscopic glasses? Am I falling in love with Valencia more and...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 17, 20223 min read
Back from Nowhere
As soon as I knew I was moving to Spain, I had one mission in mind: to go to Nowhere. Even though this festival has been on my burning...
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