On our bike rides through a nearby dune area, we pass various small pine groves with a bench. These usually consist of groups of 10 to 25 pines, and I assume they are man-made landscape elements—resting spots for walkers and…
Once in a while I take a walk with one of my friends, and afterwards we have a coffee an a sandwich in a cafe. We talk about our lives, and the world in general. This time my friend asked…
Early this spring, on a Wednesday afternoon, we took a ride on our tandem through the dunes. It was a sunny day. Along the bike path, we unexpectedly saw a fox’s head under a bush. The white details of its…
In the mid-eighties, I was studying in Utrecht. In preparation for a weekend trip to London with a friend, I bought a tough denim jacket made of heavy denim material with some leather details. It was a loose-fitting model, as…
In the prosperous American town of Shaker Heights, where an ideal society is pursued, 17-year-old student Izzy set fire to her family’s home. The house burned down, only the walls remained. According to her siblings, this wasn’t surprising because Izzy…
