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Whims and Whispers, Pouts and Shouts

Published 28/08/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Biography
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High Desert Drifter

Published 10/05/200612/11/2019by Ton Haak in Artists Books, catalogues, Miscellaneous

Een gordel van kalkzandsteen

Published 23/06/202026/06/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Vlieg er eens uit

Published 09/06/202026/06/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Woelwater

Published 26/05/202026/06/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Ap Gewald neemt afscheid van zijn museum

Published 14/05/2020by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Tributes

Geef mij maar Belém

Published 22/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Torres Novas, zomaar een Portugees stadje

Published 14/04/202018/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Het verleden heeft de toekomst

Published 03/04/202009/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Klein boekje over grote ramp

Published 24/03/202018/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Méér dan zaagsel

Published 13/03/202018/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Een beetje onze aartsmoeder

Published 20/09/201901/10/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Twee vrouwen

Published 08/08/201901/10/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Portugees zacht

Published 07/06/201924/06/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Het Lissabon

Published 17/05/201924/06/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Os biblias en ander erfgoed

Published 16/03/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Ons Portugees “opstapje”

Published 05/02/201916/03/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Trek maar aan de bel

Published 11/01/201916/03/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Over duivelse machines

Published 03/01/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Portugees ‘noir’

Published 11/12/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Barre tijden

Published 08/11/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Dire straits

Published 27/10/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Niks geen nette man

Published 23/10/201826/10/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Achilles & Co

Published 12/10/201826/10/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Portugal Day Weekend

Published 29/09/201808/10/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Ooit een spookstad

Published 20/09/201829/09/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Hoge bomen drinken veel water

Published 06/08/201829/09/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Kunst te kust en te keur

Published 23/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Borderline

Published 21/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

About walls

Published 21/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Juweeltjes van harmonie

Published 18/07/201821/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Back in time

Published 02/07/201802/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Grensverkering

Published 26/06/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Terug in de tijd

Published 27/05/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

After Hell and Purgatory, Paradise

Published 18/05/201821/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Brug der zuchten

Published 22/04/201824/04/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De bomen en het bos

Published 13/04/201824/04/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Het is weer weer

Published 05/04/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

A street called ‘Emancipation’

Published 26/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Dorp aan de rivier

Published 20/03/201824/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Statistiek, statistiek …

Published 10/03/201824/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Tribute to a most singular man – Godfried Konings, graphic designer (1962-2016)

Published 23/02/201807/04/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Tributes

Proof is what we need

Published 15/02/201830/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Een straat genoemd Emancipatie

Published 05/02/201824/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Hail to the chef !

Published 11/12/201715/12/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Het rode gevaar

Published 05/12/201725/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Liquid stone, smooth as velvet

Published 30/11/201705/12/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Dan hoort iedereen het weer eens van een ander

Published 24/11/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

The Vast Relief, a novel about the long-time effects of old wars

Published 06/11/201712/02/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Novels

De Douro, een geologisch gedicht

Published 20/10/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De lucifers van Tomar

Published 26/09/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Matchboxes galore

Published 22/09/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Zwartboek met lichtgrijze bladzijden

Published 09/09/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De Geschiedenislerares (The History Teacher)

Published 05/09/201712/02/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Novels

Para Ingles Ver

Published 02/09/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De naaste buur

Published 28/08/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Aaibare bruutheid

Published 29/06/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Ziende blind

Published 26/06/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Lekker in de file in Porto

Published 10/06/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Point of departure — Three augmented reality tours

Published 27/05/201705/01/2018by Ton Haak in Artists Books, catalogues, Miscellaneous

Blindness and Seeing

Published 14/05/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Het genoegen van een knagende droefheid

Published 05/05/201711/02/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Catching Up

Published 04/05/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Over lang en kort geleden – over Nederland vs Portugal – en over rijk : arm

Published 10/04/201711/02/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

No fake glitter, neither old nor new

Published 01/04/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Amerika – Portugal: de verschillen zijn enorm

Published 24/03/201711/02/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Driving without “ze scum-drill”

Published 01/03/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

The joy of a yawning sense of sadness

Published 31/12/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Because the train stopped here

Published 01/11/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

The shadiest place

Published 01/10/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

One Percent

Published 01/09/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

No Ice

Published 01/08/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

To the Land of the Laziest Pigeons in the World

Published 07/02/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Illusions of an Urban Utopia

Published 01/12/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Laura Berman – prints

Published 06/07/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Impecunious Creativity is Money in the Bank

Published 14/06/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Eric and Erin Dodson – ‘Proximal Topologies’

Published 06/06/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Bengt Erikson – ‘The Tiniest Moves’

Published 01/06/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Mariana Escribano – ‘Home’

Published 04/04/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Ann Resnick – ‘The Richness of Life’

Published 04/04/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

The new N-word and Bubba-ville

Published 14/03/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

An embarrassing, unsustainable farce

Published 14/03/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Where 1 is less than zero

Published 14/02/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Time and travel and a little sex

Published 14/01/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

April Flanders – monotype prints on paper

Published 04/10/201411/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Hilary Lorenz – art works on paper

Published 04/10/201411/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Shin-Hee Chin – ‘Emergence’

Published 01/05/201407/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Curtis Jones – ‘Boxes of Soap’

Published 20/03/201431/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Dale Hartley – ‘Life Spirit’s Echoes’

Published 01/03/201407/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Lisa Grossman – The Land of Sky

Published 05/10/201311/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Don Wolfe – The Key Element

Published 01/10/201315/02/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Matt Regier

Published 06/07/201311/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Lee Shiney – paintings

Published 30/03/201311/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Gerco de Ruijter – Visions of Earth

Published 29/03/201331/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Richard Kooyman – “Where Poetry Resides”

Published 07/11/201207/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Stephen Perry – Etchings, linocuts, relief prints

Published 06/10/201211/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Les Brandt – Wood turner

Published 01/09/201211/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Judy Van Heyst meets Jim Bass – “Connections”

Published 01/05/201207/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

With a song in my heart

Published 29/04/201205/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

This bloody creek

Published 20/04/201205/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Dave Leiker – photography

Published 31/03/201211/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Anna Patricia Keller – paintings

Published 31/03/201211/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

A sense of purpose

Published 30/01/201205/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

The new shades of green

Published 10/01/201205/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

A city of the plain

Published 28/11/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Prairie hermitage

Published 12/11/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

On the bright side of the dreamscape

Published 28/10/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

A preface, halfway

Published 20/10/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Tough on dirt

Published 12/09/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Gary and Gretchen Gackstatter – Sublime Stone and Sky, Inspirations from the Prairie Earth

Published 01/09/201107/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Mike Edge & Toshi Miki – “Separate Ways Together”

Published 01/09/201107/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Thinking big

Published 06/08/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Dixie it ain’t

Published 07/07/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Lisa Grossman – Lines of Sight

Published 11/06/201111/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

The pursuit of happiness

Published 02/06/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Zak Barnes – “The Rhythm of my Days”

Published 01/06/201112/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

On the road again

Published 01/04/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

William McBride – multi media sculptures, drawings

Published 11/03/201111/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Shifting shadows

Published 09/03/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Elaine Shea Jones – photography

Published 01/03/201111/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Feeding the fires of revolution

Published 12/02/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Two great services to mankind

Published 02/01/201110/02/2018by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Nomads of conscience

Published 20/12/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

They say that heaven is a free range

Published 01/12/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

“She’s comin’ around the mountain”

Published 14/11/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Julie Wagner – paintings, sculptures, work on paper

Published 11/10/201011/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Carry a nation

Published 23/09/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

A brooding immensity

Published 09/09/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Boundless skies, strong roots

Published 10/07/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

The urge and the lurch

Published 28/06/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

The verve of nerve

Published 20/06/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Splendor in the grass

Published 28/04/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Ridin’ on the knob of the North Pole

Published 01/04/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

The deadliest woman in the west

Published 01/02/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

‘El Patron’ is niet meer

Published 19/12/200822/04/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

DAYLIGHT

Published 12/10/200812/03/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

UNDER THE VOLCANO

Published 12/08/200812/03/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

De geest van 1968

Published 14/06/200814/01/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

MOONBEAM

Published 12/06/200807/04/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

BADLANDS (I), (II), (III) & (IV)

Published 12/03/200812/03/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

Home at last (ABIQUIU, NEW MEXICO)

Published 12/01/200812/03/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

Coyote, dorp zonder mededogen

Published 07/04/200607/05/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

“Los Frivoles” Eindelijk echt thuis

Published 09/11/200422/12/2019by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

Het gele gevaar

Published 28/08/200330/03/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

Als de stenen konden spreken

Published 12/09/200222/12/2019by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

Waren alle wegen maar rivieren

Published 30/06/200030/04/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (8) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – De kleine democratie

Published 05/08/199910/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (7) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – The good Lord

Published 05/07/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (6) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – De volmaakte eenheid

Published 05/06/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (5) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – Opkomst en verval

Published 05/05/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (4) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – ‘The Heartland’

Published 05/04/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (3) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – Wil de echte Geronimo opstaan?

Published 05/03/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (2) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – Tucumcari Tonite

Published 05/02/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (1) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – De aarde is rond

Published 05/01/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

‘Ni modo’ langs het Tortilla Gordijn

Published 07/10/199807/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Ideale musea, Campari soda en James Dean

Published 07/09/199807/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Va Va Voom !

Published 01/07/199807/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

De hoofdstad van de 21ste eeuw

Published 01/07/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Op bedevaart door de Hengstenpoort

Published 01/06/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

E.T. en Marta Becket in het land van illusies

Published 01/04/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Eden-by-the-Sea

Published 01/03/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Een van die plekken

Published 07/02/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

De moord in Matfield Green

Published 01/02/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

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Background: journalism – editing – public relations – marketing – graphic design – art.

Worked in the Netherlands until 1994, moved to the US in 1994 and resettled in Tomar, Portugal in 2016. Writes essays in English and Dutch about life in contemporary Portugal. Translator (Dutch-English and v.v.).

 

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