In Vilnius, I joined a guided walk into a hidden courtyard in the old Jewish district. I would never have found it alone. There stood a statue, placed there in 1987, tucked away where memory […]
Tag: heritage
From Celtic source cult and tree devotion to worship of local female saints in Flanders
From Celtic Source Cult and Tree Devotion to Worship of Local Female Saints in Flanders Introduction:The woven tapestry of Flanders’ history is a rich blend of myths, legends, and tales that often go unnoticed. My […]
Writing (with) A Sycamore tree and ivy weeds in Dubrovnik
A musing about the tensions between urban greening, cultural heritage and the role of the plants Last summer, I went on a trip to the Balkan. I felt already eco-guilt and -shame about the flight […]
a musing: evergreens in Christmas songs, midwinter poems and cultural heritage
Traditionally, the spruce is the Christmas tree in the North-West of Europe, but this is not always the evergreen with is the subject of christmas carols. In Flanders, we have a famous christmas song about […]
Tale from the Lowlands
The Lowlands I call my home, land of swamps and rivers roll towards the sea of North. Through lands of magic roam, lands of Nether, lands of Holle, fields flat where wraiths of mist move forth, […]
Stories from the Wood Wide Web 