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March 30, 2026 Still Life Post a Comment

Not much turning here anymore

A machine with a flywheel that is out of use

“To everything, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose, under heaven”

(The Birds in Turn! Turn! Turn!)
Liège (B)

January 26, 2026 Still Life Post a Comment

“By this stairway narrow, steep,
Thou shalt climb from song to sleep;
From sleep to dream and song once more;—
Sleep well, sweet friend, sleep well, dream deep!”

(Richard W. Gilder in The stairway)
Seraing (B)

December 14, 2025 Still Life Post a Comment

After Trump: What now for Europe?

The European flag at half-mast between the Belgian and Dutch flags

“Festen Muth in schwerem Leiden,
Hülfe, wo die Unschuld weint,
Ewigkeit geschwor’nen Eiden,
Wahrheit gegen Freund und Feind,
Männerstolz vor Königsthronen, –
Brüder, gält es Gut und Blut –
Dem Verdienste seine Kronen,
Untergang der Lügenbrut!”

(Friedrich von Schiller in An die Freude)
Visé (B)

December 10, 2025 Still Life Post a Comment

The framed deer

“The wild deer, wand’ring here and there,
Keeps the human soul from care.
The lamb misus’d breeds public strife,
And yet forgives the butcher’s knife.”

(William Blake, no title in Auguries of Innocence, no. 7)
Eupen (B)

November 5, 2025 Still Life Post a Comment

Window dressing: “Boule D’Or”

A window boarded up with a Boule d'Or advertising sign

“Strange days have found us
Strange days have tracked us down
They’re going to destroy
Our casual joys
We shall go on playing
Or find a new town”

(The Doors in Strange Days)
Sint-Truiden (B)

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Not much turning here anymore

A stairway for a dream

After Trump: What now for Europe?

The framed deer

Window dressing: “Boule D’Or”