Just when you’re starting to feel you’ve had enough snow and frost, it’s March and days can only get warmer. Spring brings promises that get fulfilled every year. It takes a while, but it’s a short while – always too short… after it’s gone. In a few weeks, these bare trees around will burst into […]
Tomorrowless… Not!
This hiatus wasn’t supposed to happen, but the waves of sorrow hit me a little too hard, got me exhausted, and the water was too high for me to swim, so I had to just float for a while. You see, whenever I tend to become overly preoccupied and get depressed, I hide away until […]
Jill Bolte Taylor – How It Feels to Have a Stroke
Not all the people who ever experienced a stroke are able to express what has happened to them as clearly as neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor. She explains how having a stroke feels, and shares the wonderful conclusions this walk on the edge of life and death has brought her to. The good news is you […]
Walking Through November
The better you learn to take things for what the are, the less you’re going to prefer one season to another. It comes with being able to focus on the beauty in the present moment, and right now it is autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Walking at temperate latitudes, I snapped some shots of the […]
Letters to a Young Novelist
“Letters to a Young Novelist” reflects the complex nature of a novelist’s work. It is a book by Mario Vargas Llosa that can be useful to writers of any age, particularly novelists. Had I read this book 10 years ago, I would have cried less, slept more, and published at least five books by now. […]
Temperance
A poem about finding yourself, “Temperance” is part of “Ashes of the Past”, a collection of poems written between the years 2002 and 2007.
5 Steps to Try When You’re Worried Sick
Worries, stress, anxiety, even panic, they are all beneficial to a certain extent, but after that limit (which is fairly low), they can (and will) make you sick. They signal malfunctions and/or threats to your well-being. They should be seen as symptoms, symptoms that go away naturally once you address their underlying causes. Let me […]
Peanut Nostalgia
Where I grew up, peanut butter was something weird that was occasionally mentioned in movies. Even now, although it is available in many stores, it is not very popular – Romanians tend to like Nutella-like spreads more. Over the years, I became increasingly selective about what I eat, but when I was much younger, before […]
Bun-E the Knit
My first attempt at knitting toys. It was fun to make, and rewardingly well received as a gift, so, my second attempt is about to happen. And others too 🙂 The bunny also had a brownish scarf made from the same yarn I used for the rim of the ears, but, when I realized I […]
Happy Birthday, Partner!
This week it’s his birthday. He’s taller now, but do not let that fool you – the kid lives on, inside. I wish more people could see him, and the great kindness and sensitivity that often gets hidden away from others. Read that, birthday Scorpio? You’re a remarkable human being, and it is wonderful […]