At last! “Secrets” is out and ready to be downloaded to your Kindle. So, if you’re interested in new fiction, give this short read a try, and tell me what you think about it. “Secrets” is the first volume of “Secrets, Lies, Dreams”, a short story collection that will offer a few surprises along the […]
A Walk in the Woods
A springtime walk in the woods, when the weather is just right, the air fragrant and filled with bird songs, will always refresh your whole being. It will make you feel alive from head to toe, will soothe your heart and put your ideas in order. Before spring is over, let’s go for a virtual […]
Eurovision – What I Learned From Entering the Contest
Excuse me, I’m still chuckling after writing that title, but it is true, I did enter the Eurovision Song Contest once. It was 2005, I was in my early 20s, and I was learning to dance in the rain, while unpleasant situations kept pouring over me. My hope that the sun was still up behind […]
Compensation
Tom leaned against the window, but didn’t see his father approaching the café. The cup of tea in front of him was empty. He ordered a third one, and checked his phone for any missed calls or texts. A brisk push of the door startled him. Forty-nine minutes late, his father was taking the seat […]
5 Tips to Improve Communication in Any Circumstance
Warning: seemingly boring introduction ahead – it involves Latin. Bear with me, though 🙂 The word communication comes from the Latin verb communico, which comes from communis, which means common, public. This is another way of saying that communication is not merely about speaking, but mostly about relating and connecting. You can speak to another […]
Making Things Work
I’ve already written some sort of personal introduction, so let’s jump directly into the new stuff. Here it is, at a glance… or two 🙂 The new mobile responsive design of the site makes me happy – StudioPress has some gorgeous premium WordPress themes! In the beginning, I wasn’t exactly convinced, but, since I had an […]
Let’s Spend 2014 Together
Hello! I hope you’re enjoying the new year and that it will be a wonderful one for everybody. I spent the holidays void of any “holiday spirit”, occasionally mildly annoyed by the inconveniences of these two weeks of little productive/practical activity – stores, banks, other businesses closed or insanely busy, shortages, etc. With a bit […]
The Depression Series – Afterword
This is it, my short series on depression is over. I am going to take on this subject again sometime in the future, but for now I’m glad I can move to different topics. Writing this series was an interesting time, because it made me think and realize things that are important to me. For […]
Shift Your Thoughts
Part 6 – The Depression Series If you want to change your life, you have to start with your thoughts. Thinking an orange is blue, most likely won’t just turn it blue. However, thinking that happiness is possible can motivate you to make drastic change you wouldn’t even consider while thinking that happiness is a […]
Free
Part 5 – The Depression Series “The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility.” Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist First, a little personal story. Exactly as Cioran put it so well in words, years ago, I saw no […]