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Spanish December lighting

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How to use light for atmosphere without kitsch: Spanish December lighting

There are moments in December when Spain seems to forget it’s winter. You walk through a street in Málaga or Almería and, before it’s even properly dark, the first lights begin to glow softly against the whitewashed walls. No spectacle. No choreography. It feels more as if the light itself decides it’s time to come on. After my earlier pieces on lighting, you may have seen this one coming: a […]

today12/10/2025

cozy living

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The art of cozy living: why Spaniards don’t need candles

In a tapas bar in Marbella, I recently overheard a Dutch couple sighing that Spaniards “don’t really do gezelligheid.” I smiled. Having lived in England for years, I thought I knew what coziness was — until I heard the Dutch talk about gezelligheid. A word that fascinates even my British friends, because it seems to include everything from candlelight to croquettes. But here in Andalusia, I’ve learned that cozy living […]

today11/12/2025

kunst van nietsdoen in de tuin

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The art of doing nothing (and why your garden should learn it too)

Sometimes I think my garden has more ambition than I do. While I sit in a plastic chair with a book, trying to pretend I’m doing nothing, the weeds are multiplying, the grapevines are making a run for the neighbours, and the lemon tree clearly has no grasp of the word “pruning.” And yet — or perhaps because of it — this chaos is my favourite place. If there’s one […]

today07/10/2025

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