Tuesday, May 08, 2012
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Monday, February 18, 2008
These days, I'm mostly posting over at Minimal to the Max.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Posted an article written by Mary de Muth to the minimalmax blog. Enjoy the read.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Here's a link to the Hope Away from Home blurb: http://www.omflit.com/home/events.php?i=17
Yayness :)
Yayness :)
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Good Neighbours
for Mieke from Chie
1.
Mieke's in my garden
patting down earth
around
late winter violets
and a sprig of aster
It'll grow, she says.
It's small now, but it'll grow.
And I stand beside her
arms dangling at my sides
not knowing how to say
thank you.
2.
There's a sign outside her door
that says
"Sold".
In the spring
she'll be moving house
and I wonder what it will be like
to live without
the sound of her son
playing clarinet
in the upstairs bedroom.
3.
I think of all the seasons of the year
of all the days that have turned
into weeks and months
I think of Mieke's arm around my shoulders
and her voice
telling me
it's all right to cry
and I think
of asters
and violets
and
how all things bloom again
in spring.
for Mieke from Chie
1.
Mieke's in my garden
patting down earth
around
late winter violets
and a sprig of aster
It'll grow, she says.
It's small now, but it'll grow.
And I stand beside her
arms dangling at my sides
not knowing how to say
thank you.
2.
There's a sign outside her door
that says
"Sold".
In the spring
she'll be moving house
and I wonder what it will be like
to live without
the sound of her son
playing clarinet
in the upstairs bedroom.
3.
I think of all the seasons of the year
of all the days that have turned
into weeks and months
I think of Mieke's arm around my shoulders
and her voice
telling me
it's all right to cry
and I think
of asters
and violets
and
how all things bloom again
in spring.
Labels: for Mieke
some fotos
On birthday morning, Joel had to go treasure hunting for coins strewn among the decorations along the window ledge and hidden underneath the breakfast placemats.
Dear folks at home -- There's that lovely capiz lamp I told you all about. Fancy finding one in Laura Ashley's (Utrecht).
Our two boys in the pen ;) Secretly put on the blog while Joel wasn't looking.
Joel's birthday cake.
Joel and Mieke on his birthday. Joel's enjoying some of that Mama-made fried chicken a la KFC.
Friday, November 23, 2007
I'm off to The Hague today. Spreading the Hay(na)ku love--I'm going to give UK based writer/poet Crista Ermiya a copy of the first Hay(na)ku Anthology.
Labels: hay(na)ku
Sunday, November 18, 2007
wat ik eigenlijk wou zeggen. . .
I've posted something on minimal to the max which has to do with my own struggle with the culture. If you want to read it, go there.
Labels: allochtoon, and frustrations, barriers