Articles 2024 (English)
Some foreigners (23-09-24)
It's normal that foreigners have questions and ask them to fanciers from here. There, the sport is (much) 'younger', especially in the Middle East.
The cradle is here.
Well spent (23-09-24)
I made my living as a teacher in high school. Mostly with pleasure and only once did I really let myself go. When teenagers were throwing coins at ducks.
Just some pigeon talk (21-08-24)
A letter in the mail? That was a long time ago!
From an older person?
Striking (31-07-24)
What makes pigeon sport so interesting for many are the surprises that often occur, things that one did not expect or cannot explain. A few examples:
Wasted time (28-06-24)
18% of adults would still be smoking now, in 2023, the majority women. Well, 'in my time' it was different.
At Daniels results speak (28-06-24)
We didn't know that racing with hens can perform so well from books, as practice has shown.
Better in the past ?
What I can still remember from my childhood is very little and... There is not a lot of good in that.
Booze, rivalry and more
If you blindly accept everything that people want you to believe in pigeon sport, you have to possess an elastic mind.
Fabels (28-05-24)
'Fabels' is the name of a kind of roadside restaurant in the area. I sometimes go there for coffee after a walk in the nearby woods.
The chicken or the egg (24-04-24)
Usually a ten-minute chat is enough to be able to say whether someone has talent as a fancier or whether he is a fiddler and will remain so.
A Dutchman in Belgium (11-04-24)
Everyone has those moments when things aren't going well for them
Nostalgia (10-04-24)
I say it often, I think a lot about the past. Maybe too much
Not too fast (06-04-24)
Not all vets are the same. Of course I'm talking about veterinarians who specialize in pigeons
Together we know more (15-03-24)
If you play well and some even read your pieces, that does not mean that you know much anything about pigeons.
Predict (07-03-24)
'What is good comes quickly' is a frequently used expression, also in pigeon sport.