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Joke De Roeck
Nov 272 min read
Autumn in Belgium
I’m back in my rainy old hometown, spending time with loved ones and working. I’ve been here for 4 days now and seemed to have forgotten...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 123 min read
Still landing
I have absolutely no excuses. I came home to Valencia nearly two weeks ago and am still landing. If I wasn’t such an unpacking freak my...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 162 min read
Desert dreaming
Outside the city is taking a long tropical shower. Like a voyeur I’m sipping my coffee inside, all fluffy in my peignoir. Windows open...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 61 min read
Beachy poetry
On this sweet June day, a poem inspired by my recent trip to Lanzarote. Famara Skin crisp as that time we drove down winding roads...
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Joke De Roeck
May 263 min read
Island magic
Lanzarote contains a certain magic that was so easy to grasp while roaming the island, yet the words evaporate from my pen as soon as I...
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Joke De Roeck
May 42 min read
The art of deep conversation
Yesterday I read an article about how everybody longs for more depth in their daily conversations. How we feel better if we’ve had at...
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Joke De Roeck
Apr 182 min read
Zoom in mode
I’m in zoom in mode lately. The little things get all my attention. I’ve been going for long morning walks in the park, smelling every...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 301 min read
Raspberry jam
Sometimes life is holding on to what is close A gift of homemade raspberry jam A poem that made me think of you Rose kombucha brewing...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 162 min read
Belgian holidays
Hello wide awake heart beating to the rhythm of caffeine! It’s evening and I’m dipping speculaas (I refuse to call it biscoff) in my...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 63 min read
The year that was January
It’s February 6 and today I finally took the time for a date with my annual pages where I reflect on the past year and dream up stuff for...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 91 min read
I found a polaroid from years ago
With the happy faces of my friends staring at me and a heart wide awake, my pen poured a poem. An ode to sisterhood. These girls My world...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 25, 20232 min read
All the feels
Hola! I know, it’s been a while... Again. I feel like I’m moving further away from the longing to write digital updates, more and more...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 11, 20232 min read
Camino + Clue
My cycle app does this new thing I’m not a fan of. As soon as I click open the app, all of a sudden it states in big red letters: "Your...
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Joke De Roeck
May 7, 20232 min read
Adventure time
The Camino Primitivo? You? It’s hard, really hard! I don’t think you’ll make it. I hope you are prepared. It’s so hard! Are you sure...
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Joke De Roeck
Apr 10, 20232 min read
Homegirl
I am slowly turning into a little house witch. Living in one place, no crazy big stories to tell. In case you were wondering why it has...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 9, 20233 min read
Holidays in the rain
When you live in Spain but your friends and fam live in Belgium, automatically your holidays will be spent… In Belgium. I know February...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 6, 20233 min read
That time our cacao got spiked at ecstatic dance
It was an innocent plan, to go to an ecstatic dance on a Saturday night. We had been a few times before and it’s always a great idea of a...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 27, 20232 min read
Travel memories and faraway friends
This week I had a drink with a friend I met exactly three years ago in New Zealand, at a festival called Kiwiburn that changed my life...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 10, 20232 min read
My treasure chest
For nearly ten years we’ve been following this tradition now, my Brussels friends and I. We rent a house somewhere in the south of...
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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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