In the Dieweg Cemetery
A photo essay from the disused but not quite yet abandoned Die Weg cemetery in Uccle just south-west of Wolvendael park in Uccle.
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Portrait wall at Overleie in Kortrijk
A tourist visit to Kortrijk (Courtai in French) leads us through the town on the Golden Spurs trail and out to Little Buda and a wall of portraits that turns out to be an artistic protest.
Three incidents in Brussels – people watching
Three incidents from last Sunday that reinforced my appreciation of the truth that problems can be overcome with a little goodwill – and there is always goodwill.
The students’ day, and the workers’
The students’ day, and the workers’ – Valborg on the 30th April and Labour Day on the 1st May – two events that together usher in the spring in Sweden.
The Red Stone Gallery and the Art Round in Majorna
The Art Round in Majorna (Konstrunden i Majorna) 2017 is the 20th in series. There’s something I find very attractive about visiting artists’ studios. Fuel for my pipe dreams. At the same time it’s inspiring to meet artists surrounded by their work and talk with them about their art.
Landvetter wolves and other social photos
A short article about the Landvetter wolves and other photos I originally published on social media and now share here in a gallery for the first time.
How to train your Dragon – writing diary
How I use Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition Software to translate and create written texts, with a recommendation for a smartphone dictation app called Dictate+Connect.
From Putin to Martin in 13 stages – a reading quarter
My quarterly reading round-up – all the books I’ve read in the first quarter of 2017 from Putin via Patti Smith and Jonas Hassan Khemiri to George RR Martin.
When did they begin, the Beguine?
There are traces of the Beguine all over Belgium it seems, but how did a medieval women’s religious movement inspire Cole Porter’s 1930s song?
Mardi Gras – the Laeken children’s carnival
In which I finally achieve my dream of photographing a Mardi Gras carnival on Mardi Gras. Though it doesn’t turn out to be quite what I expected. A gallery of photos from the Children’s Mardi Gras Carnival Parade in the greater Brussels municipality of Laeken.