De tijd van herdenken is voorbij. Aangebroken is de tijd van ongemakkelijk uitstel: van het iets te willen zeggen, schrijven of aanpakken; maar ook van het er te verlegen, lui of geïntimideerd voor & door te zijn – van excuses variërend in legitimiteit gekenmerkt door één gemeenschappelijke deler: schuldbesef. ‘Uitstel’ roept bij elk fatsoenlijk mens […]
Filed under: For the sake of posting, Russia, Travelling by Robert P. Sinke on 26-02-2020 @ 05:04:08
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“Do you need any help with that?” “What?” “If you need me to lend a hand…” “No, don’t be crazy – I’ve done this a million times before.” “Okay.” I take a sip of 7Up. “Now where is that adapter?” It’s kind of awkward, but also rather amusing, this waiting for grandpa to finish setting […]
Filed under: English, Family, Russia, Travelling by Robert P. Sinke on 10-07-2019 @ 00:02:04
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Title: “Terug naar Siberië” (Dutch title; translation: “Back to Siberia”) Author: Martin Heylen Year: 2008 Publisher: T.T.T.I. BVBA / © Woestijnvis & Martin Heylen Pages: +/- 350, occasionally decorated with pictures Why on earth would I choose a relatively obscure book like “Back to Siberia” as the subject of my first book review on Bladsite? […]
Filed under: Book reviews, English, Russia, Siberia, Travelling by Robert P. Sinke on 11-08-2018 @ 01:00:56
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En dan komt ze terug, opnieuw in mijn dromen over een toekomst waaruit zij had moeten verdwijnen. Vanachter mijn rug voel ik haar opstomen: haar mond, een gefluit – enkele wazige lijnen. In Moskou nog wel, op een groot station dat ik nog niet eens ken; waar ik de bordjes wel al kan lezen. Dus […]
Filed under: Dream journal, Poetry, Russia, Travelling by Robert P. Sinke on 21-09-2010 @ 01:05:10
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Yesterday was a Monday – and yet, as though he were a confused English businessman trying differentiate numbers from letters on an outdated Russian time table hidden behind a thick layer of 50-year old glass and an even thicker layer of dust (admittedly younger than the glass itself, for how could these plushy balls of […]
Filed under: English, For the sake of posting, Russia, Travelling by Robert P. Sinke on 14-09-2010 @ 02:14:57
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It pains me having to say this, but the last couple of days had me going mad with lack of inspiration. “Days”, that is – not “nights”. During daytime hours, chores and such would get in the way – a stroll with the dogs here, a half-hour workout there, some cooking, cleaning and tweeting (how […]
Filed under: English, For the sake of posting, Travelling by Robert P. Sinke on 28-08-2010 @ 04:27:38
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What a perfectly strange Sunday I’ve had. Not that anything peculiar or spectacular happened to me, personally. It’s just that it kept raining all day long, to the point where postponing my mid-daily dog-walk made less sense with each passing hour. At half past four, I put on a rain jacket, some hiking boots and […]
Filed under: English, The Great War, Travelling by Robert P. Sinke on 16-08-2010 @ 03:25:25
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