Starting a new year in style
A yearly celebration with friends, all gathered together in one house in the south of Belgium for one sweet week. My favourite week of...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 9, 20212 min
Flying home
It’s been hard to keep quiet but now I’m ready to open my mouth and yell it out: I’m back! In the tiny winter wonderland named Belgium....
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 22, 20191 min
Faraway
Dreaming of your face and clothes how I wish I hid something in my bag your shirt pants breath body unpack you wear you out for dinner
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 10, 20192 min
The big move
“Isn’t it hard? To change your life around, sell all your things, grab a backpack and fly to the other side of the world? But most of...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 10, 20192 min
Early morning magic
Is it the lack of structure in my life or can I still blame the jetlag? I’ve been rising early, seeing all hours of the morning, catching...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 2, 20192 min
Jetlag life
When Mexican dreams turn into Belgian white nights, lying wide awake thinking of going out for a very early breakfast of chilaquiles or a...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 16, 20193 min
Dickhead
Do you know the feeling of getting really deep into a good book? So deep you forget about what life looks like outside of the pages....
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Joke De Roeck
May 25, 20191 min
Rainy days
Rainy days ask for this Making tea smoking spliffs I write you a love letter You let me be your muse The eyes you lay on me See straight...
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Joke De Roeck
Apr 16, 20192 min
Summer dreaming
Life! You funny little thing! As I’m planning my faraway escape, my adventure into the wild unknown shaped as colourful Mexico, you throw...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 9, 20192 min
Love you up
I don’t know if it’s the first sunrays on my face, the scent of spring in the air. We all get sick at the same time, we all feel loved up...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 24, 20192 min
Mind wanders
In the land of city life and office work, magic seems harder to find. My eyes are foggy with cigarette smoke, cheap perfume and air...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 10, 20192 min
Hibernation is for dreamers
I’ve been living in my bed for the best part of last week. Not the honeymoon kind of bed life, I have to disappoint you (and myself)....
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 28, 20182 min
The end is near
And just like that, another year has passed. The transition of one year to the next is always a fine time for reflection. Where am I?...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 20, 20182 min
The movies
When I find myself hiding in the fluffy seats of a dark cinema three times a week, it can only mean one thing: autumn is here and I have...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 9, 20181 min
Girl
Last week I watched a movie called ‘Girl’. A girl finds herself trapped in a boy’s body. No exit in sight but to wait and count the days...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 7, 20182 min
The Rules
There are so many rules to succeed in life. Especially in this city life I currently find myself fooling around in, I notice from time to...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 4, 20182 min
Dirty Old Men: part three fucking million
I’m not the type to be biting my tongue when it comes to dirty old men. As long as they’ll be crossing my path in their most disgusting...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 13, 20182 min
Always celebrate yourself
Last week, I received an email from my favourite English bookshop in Brussels: The book you ordered, has arrived! Yay! My bike flew me...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 18, 20181 min
Guilty pleasures
I will never understand the person who decided to combine the words guilty and pleasure. For me, there is only one kind of pleasure. What...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 7, 20182 min
Growing roots
When days start off grey, I can’t help but feel mellow. Wearing nostalgia like a warm woollen sweater wherever I go. These days make me...
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