Peignoir season
I’m wearing my peignoir so it’s official: autumn has arrived in Valencia. Not for long though, tomorrow calls for beach time again with...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 123 min
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
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
May 42 min
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
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
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
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 272 min
The Thing That Needs To Be Done
What works for you when you feel blocked, energy stagnant, forever procrastinating the creative juiciness? There are always things to get...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 203 min
Valencian infatuation
I love where I live. I’ve always felt that the place you land and decide to call home, even if just for a while, is important. For your...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 63 min
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
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
Dec 22, 20231 min
A poetic reminder
To remind you I do write commissioned poems if that’s something you would like to gift yourself or someone else under the tree stars...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 8, 20232 min
New Zealand partnership visa (expired)
It’s been exactly two years since I left New Zealand, and exactly two years since I received a partnership visa that would allow me to...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 26, 20233 min
The 5 euro massage
You know when life just rolls on and you wonder what the hell you’re going to write about on your blog because, well... routine? Then...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 13, 20231 min
The need for softness
The need for poetry is greater than ever. I find crevices in words I want to escape in only to make sense of things. Never before did I...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 24, 20233 min
Autumn arrival
Last week was a funny one. The best way to explain the realm I was moving in is: jetlagged or in limbo between dream and reality,...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 7, 20232 min
Transformation
The first week of October lasted about a flutter of the eyelashes. So did the entire month of September. I guess that’s what it feels...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 16, 20232 min
Life and death
On Thursday I was in a rush to get out of the door to meet my love for our anniversary dinner. I wanted to write him a card and opened...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 25, 20232 min
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
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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