I met Libuše and Sarka nine years ago. I lived in Prague for a year, because I was enrolled in a vocational training in film making, with focus on video editing and script writing. My […]
Tag: Novel
Finding black scary water spirits – in Norway and Belgium
Ponds, springs and pools were gateways to the underworld for the former inhabitants of the southern Campine region in Flanders (Mechelen, Lier…). The Nekker is a black water spirit and lives in in particular in […]
Peatland, bogs and other buried stories
In the end of February I was in Scotland and visited all kinds of initiatives around forest baths, foraging, Dòigh Nàdair – the path of nature and initiatives for more trees to find inspiration for […]
Japanese Wood: a nostalgic story of loss
This is my last post about Japanese woods – for a while. I decided not to return to Japan until my PhD defense. As a sort of tribute, I want to share some Japanese experience […]
Dendrophilia in the Time of Corona
Dendrophilia is a love of trees. In some cases, this presents as a sincere respect for trees or a desire to protect and care for them and is more a platonic love. In other cases, […]
Changing the Stories We Live By #5: some romantic solarpunk for Valentine
We are still in Brigid’s realm. More solar energy is coming and it is time for romance to blossom. This blog promotes a short story I wrote for Uneven Earth, one year ago, inspired by […]
The Snow White Effect: when forest therapy becomes an ecofeminist act
For some reason, I start to connect forest bathing experiences with fairytales. Last month, for instance, I got a Russian fairytale experience during a forest bath in Norway . Since a week I am back […]
When a Nordic forest bath becomes a fairytale
Last weekend I accompanied my Russian friend on her first forest bath. I had found another guide with ANFT that guides in Ekebergparken in Oslo. Two weeks earlier, I had asked the guide before what […]
Changing the Stories We Live By #3: If Furniture Could Talk
In the past 6 months, I was working at a story that would become eventually my debut roman. It is funny how things turn out. I was actually working at another manuscript for 8 years […]
Changing the Stories We Live By #2: The Forest Sees You.
In the past weeks I am studying forest therapy and ecolinguistics, as part of my journey these days which I can call the Way of the Guide, but also to see if the Flemish circular […]