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Hello 2025
Hello again! It’s me, your ultimate procrastination queen, writing to you from under the pink Valencian skies while Prince is blasting...
Joke De Roeck
Jan 182 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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Procrastinating the procrastinated
I’ve been unable to write. Then it was all procrastinating until I procrastinated on procrastinating and then I thought: fuck it, just...
Joke De Roeck
Nov 13, 20242 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Sep 22, 20242 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Sep 12, 20243 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Jun 16, 20242 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
May 4, 20242 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Apr 18, 20242 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Mar 16, 20242 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Feb 20, 20243 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Dec 8, 20232 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Nov 13, 20231 min read
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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,...
Joke De Roeck
Oct 24, 20233 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Oct 7, 20232 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Jun 25, 20232 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Jun 11, 20232 min read
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Early bird (for once)
I don’t know if it was the mosquito or my anxiety waking me up before 6. I pushed my earplugs deeper in my earholes but the mozzie was so...
Joke De Roeck
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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Spring time juice
Spring has sprung, baby! Well, Valencia is more in a summer mood but I'm talking the start of something... Fresh! The city is drenched in...
Joke De Roeck
Apr 20, 20232 min read
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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...
Joke De Roeck
Apr 10, 20232 min read
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