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10 Sep 2024

Three rings

I had been working in the housekeeping of a hotel for a couple of years and I wore my cleaning routine like a second skin. I was comfortable in the mo…

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16 Jun 2024

2.4 million new erythrocytes a second

I did not know what to with my body. It was always there, following me around, working restlessly day and night to keep itself alive. There was not an…

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29 Apr 2024

Streaming flow

Let’s not make any plans. That was the constant mantra my mother held to. I used to think that it was my mother’s way to ignore any requests or wishes…

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29 Apr 2024

The little mouse

Something in her face made one think of a tiny countryside mouse. Moving around the shop silently, her body seemed to occupy as little space as possib…

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27 Jan 2024

The village square

There is something about the emptiness of a square which makes me uncomfortable. This idea that squares are the core of a small village’s life, and th…

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25 Oct 2023

The colours of the rainbow

The news was all over the place. It lasted two days, then it was gone. Nobody complained, no voice was raised. But there was one person, a tiny one on…

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9 Jul 2023

An unexpected present

Come, let me open it for you. A present, with a nice ribbon and a festive wrapping paper, lies on your lap. But it is not your birthday. You feel happ…

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28 May 2023

Creation

It was an evening like many, a shared homely meal, telling each other how our respective day went. But after dinner Lise poured herself another glass …

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20 Dec 2022

M-Phase Social Club

The M-Phase Social Club: come and join us in our well-ventilated premises and meet each month specialists, who will answer your many questions and hav…

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22 Nov 2022

Silence

A young father was sitting next to a child, whose cute face seemed be the exact replica of his father. Father. They sat silent side by side, yet deep …