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January Literary Mood Board: Slow Reading & Bookish Self-Care
A Gentle January: Literature, Fireplaces and the Art of Slowing Down When the Christmas ornaments …
Lesley Blanch’s Beet Soup: A Recipe for Slow Reading
A nourishing, vibrant broth for slow January days, inspired by the travels of Lesley Blanch …
The Ritual of Reading: A 2025 Reflection on Slowness and Intention
When Creation Becomes Listening There’s a particular moment at the end of the year when …
The Magic of Maurice Maeterlinck’s The Blue Bird
Belgian Advent Calendar – Day 24 Do you remember what it felt like to believe …
Chicons au Gratin: A Love Letter to Belgium’s White Gold
Belgian Advent Calendar – Day 23 There are dishes that don’t just feed you—they tell …
Chicons au Gratin: Belgian “White Gold”
There is something almost poetic about a vegetable that requires absolute darkness to find its …
The Art of Presence: Celebrating the Everyday with Colette Nys-Mazure
Belgian Advent Calendar – Day 22 The ritual begins before the first sip—before the tea …
A Winter Solstice of Togetherness: Flemish Brown Cafés & the Art of Gezelligheid
Belgian Advent Calendar – Day 21 The winter solstice is one of the most meaningful …
Vlissinghe Christmas Eve Soup
Germaine Absalon owned Café Vlissinghe in Bruges in the 1950s, and by all accounts, she …
Marie Gevers’ Madame Orpha: A Hidden Belgian Literary Classic
Belgian Advent Calendar – Day 20 I’m sitting here with a cup of tea and …
