Category Archives: Guests

One night in Boitsfort — Running with foxes

Posted on 20/04/2026 by writingbrussels

I woke up at half past one in the morning, got up and went downstairs to the living room. I saw an orange star through the southwest window. Or was it a planet? Was it Mars? Yes, Mars attacks! It … Continue reading →

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Ways to Come Home

Posted on 20/01/2025 by writingbrussels

I’ve been thinking about it for a long time and it was rather questions than answers that multiplied Is home a place? That straat and that numèro? Or rather these people who bath me in kisses and questions as soon … Continue reading →

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El sueño de Angela

Posted on 26/05/2021 by writingbrussels

Y mientras se comía esa merluza al horno frente al Mediterráneo, Angela se dijo que eso era vida y lo demás, pamplinas. Con el gusto aún de ese pescado fresco comprado en la lonja del pueblo, el aroma del romero … Continue reading →

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Heroes

Posted on 19/03/2021 by writingbrussels

—¿Que quiénes llevan máscara? —le dijo su maestro—. ¡Todos los superhéroes la llevan! —Ah, ¿sí? ¿Y entonces, Superman qué? —le contestó el alumno insolente. —Ay, mi joven aprendiz, Superman la llevaba de diario. O bien se lleva en turno de … Continue reading →

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Mad March Tea Party

Posted on 08/03/2021 by writingbrussels

One crisp March afternoon, Alice strolled into Leopold Park where a tea-time seminar on equal opportunities had been organised, as was traditional on International Women’s Day. She was a trainee in the Green Party, and was supposed to meet with … Continue reading →

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