I went to Seville to escape reality – a stressful job in a start-up, a recent break-up, the looming threat of losing my visa, the geopolitical quagmire flirting with World War III, and the existential […]
Category: Iberian stories
Writing (with) Marsh Reed is Becoming Mud
A Growing Gathering Around Plants and Stories The latest Writing (with) Plants session brought together a large and geographically diverse group of participants for a two-hour online gathering dedicated to marsh reeds and the myth of Syrinx. I […]
An Iberian EcoMythology – book review of Sofia Batalha’s The Sanctuary
While searching for definitions of ecomythology, I came across the inspiring work of Sofia Batalha, who has organized events and writings on the topic. Intrigued, I ordered her book—and this blog post shares my brief […]
Sacred trees, Mystic Caves and Holy Wells in rural Spain – or to-visit-sites in your next Spain trip
Recently, I rediscovered a paper by Jaime Tatay, published in the journal Religion, while organizing my drive and considering the publication of a book about sacred trees based on a decade of research. The paper […]
[Only in Dutch] my new book: “De rode regen”
De rode regen is een prequel van De witte droom en De zwarte kou. Deze verhalen behoren tot de ‘kleuren van het wereldwoude web’. Mercedes, mijn hoofdpersonage in De rode regen, speelt een belangrijke rol […]
Coming home
To get things out of the way, I would like to begin my first blog with death. As integral part of, not in opposition to, life. Sweet foreshadowing of coming home, full circle. The western […]
Finding freedom in the forests and a Spanish Chestnut tree story
Forests can hide many secrets, can be a double edged sword for all human beings and animals. A place where you can be born, a place where you can die, a place where you can […]