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Tom the Giant
At dinner last night I put on Tom Waits’ Alice, the poet’s take on Alice in Wonderland and a personal favorite when skies are grey (and in Brussels they have been for awhile). It didn’t take long before the questions began from the kids.
“Who is that”
“Is he angry”
“Is it the crazy homeless man”
“Is he mean [...]
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City Karma
I pass by this building on the way to the office.
Everyday there is less of it.
A year from now, a new building will stand in its place.
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Gnats away
Something that has always perplexed me when going out to bars and cafes here in the Capital of Europe is the near universal presence of tiny winged beasts, usually bobbing in and out of my visual field while trying to concentrate on some very important subject or person. They seem just as prevalent in winter [...]
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