12.7.2026 Nl: frutseltje ********************** 11.7.2026 I step into the lake for a first time this week and ask to exit with no pain. Pain is caused by events or the anticipation of events. The water is green and alive. I picture the little beings that live in it feeding. Around there's an even wall of tall, adult trees. I think: all of this is mine. This could be a sensation related to being from somewhere. The nature and I share a lot of molecules. The seasons feel correct here. The way back is decorated with motorbike helmets on wooden crosses with fake flowers, lush green Mad Max. ********************** 9.7.2026 The ant colony I've been observing for a couple years is doing so-so. Their hill is the lowest it's ever been since the first time I saw it. What is happening? Can an ant colony age? Is it slowly becoming an ant retirement community? It's still busy; a lot of them are moving stuff around. One ant is carrying a twig thrice as long as itself, while another ant stands near it, doing nothing — disgraceful. ********************** 5.7.2026 Pl: wala się Es: trasunto•celado I looked at the population density map of Europe with home colouring orange and dark orange (197.8-538.2 and <538.2 (heart beating faster muscles tensing)) and home colouring blue and light blue (between >45.6 and 197.7 (shoulders relaxing, more room to breathe)). It confirms my intuition looking out of train window at pine trees and birches and fields and no houses, even though the train is full, boys with close cropped hair, blue polo's and shirt and sweatshirts sitting on the floor in between the seats, complaining but neatly standing up on command whenever a middle-aged lady tries to pass, a thin, bald man behind big square black acetate glasses asking them to buy him bottle of water at the bar, I have cash, he says. They are so close to me, sitting almost at my feet. We pass rich dark rivers overgrown on both sides. I feel guilt at my elevated position. They shuffle to get their hungover selves up neatly once again. Suitcased ladies complain loudly. In a long hour we reach our destination, which is the same. ********************** 4.7.2026 Pl: na potęgę•na popych ********************** 3.7.2026 Pl: absmak•foliarz•kabestan•luneta ...człowiek staje się zwierzęcy trochę bardziej niż zwykle, idzie tak, jak bizon przemierza prerię, nie rozmyślając przecież o kolorze nieba i traw. ********************** 1.7.2026 Nl: huisraad•wikken en wegen•gruwelijk•door de eeuwen heen Pl: zadzierać nosa•stacjonować•sztucer•demobil ********************** 12.5.2026 Miauw miauw Omdat de Britse korthaar het gewend is om zelfstandig op wandel te gaan, vermoedt Anoushka kwaad opzet. Op tweedehandscircuit worden regelmatig raskatten aangeboden voor hoge tarieven. 'Raskat of niet: van andermans dier blijf je af", zegt Anoushka stellig. "Doe je dat toch, ga er dan mee naar de dierenarts. Die kan de chip uitlezen." Hoewel het gezin na de affichecampagne al heel wat steunberichten en oprechte tips mocht ontvangen, lijkt een minderheid plezier te scheppen in het verdriet van het koppel. 1 beller dreigde ermee Babilou in de oven te stoppen. "En ook vannacht werd ik opgebeld door een onbekend nummer", zucht Anoushka. "De stem aan de andere kant zei: 'miauw miauw.'" *** Wouters,Evert. 2026. Koppel uit Liedekerke krijgt neptelefoontjes na beloning van 1.000 euro voor vermiste Babilou. VRT NWS. https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/05/07/1000-euro-beloning-voor-vermiste-raskat/