Category Archives: Katarina

Lost and Found in the North Station

Posted on 12/05/2017 by Katarina

Photo: Courtesy to Lucia and Viki 🙂 Not much was visible of the man on the platform: a hat pulled down to his nose, eyes downcast on the device he was holding in both hands, wrinkled grey coat, o-shaped legs. Still, … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Summer Night under the Moon in Brussels

Posted on 20/01/2017 by Katarina

The moonlight is pouring through the big glass sliding door; the garden is asleep; the whole neighbourhood seems asleep. It is only past eleven in the night of late August, but people in this suburb go to bed early or … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Surprise

Posted on 14/12/2016 by Katarina

The Cat hid in the empty cake box placed on the kitchen table – it was to be washed and filled with Xmas biscuits not yet baked. Its lid was inlaid with snowflakes. The Ave Maria performed by the Viennese … Continue reading →

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Tree 1. The Mirabelle Plum

Posted on 13/10/2016 by Katarina

(photo courtesy to Dida) In the tiny town garden of a little vegetarian burger restaurant in Ixelles grows a single tree, its branches like long arms stretching over a few iron tables and chairs. The September started and is ending … Continue reading →

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The Singer of Les Marolles

Posted on 02/07/2016 by Katarina

Marching carefully so that I don´t step on an item somebody wants to trade for 5 euros or 50 cents: happy trash scattered all around the square doesn´t fascinate me anymore as it once did. Nevertheless, I drag my visitors to … Continue reading →

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