Pride of Serbia

March 26, 2012

Source: Serbia’s Ambassador to the World Share and Enjoy:

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Early March

March 23, 2012

The last month or so, I have been mostly sick.  Nothing serious, but annoying and intrusive nevertheless. It all started with a cold. But then my sinuses got involved, and finally my lungs, and I was  badgering my family to no end with my incessant, resonant, bottomless cough. I went to see my oncologist for [...]

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Mr. Chiba’s Benefaction

March 12, 2012

A year has passed since the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster struck Japan last March, killing almost 20,000 people. A year is a long time in our fast moving, attention-challenged world. One hardly hears about the Japanese tragedy in the US media these days. But yesterday, there were a number of commemorations of the terrible [...]

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Happy International Women’s Day!

March 8, 2012

Happy March 8th, International Women’s Day, to women the world over. I offer you a little gift – a poem I love: Dear March – Come in – (1320) by Emily Dickinson Dear March – Come in – How glad I am – I hoped for you before – Put down your Hat – You [...]

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A Slice of Belgrade

February 27, 2012

I am still feeling  a bit homesick. And then this morning I saw these dreamy pictures and heard this charming melody – composed especially for my home town. Now I feel homesick even more. Source: Special thanks to Karl Haudbourg, Serbia’s Ambassador to the World. Share and Enjoy:

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Story About Vasa Ladachki

February 24, 2012

My sister Branka and I have been feeling homesick lately – and listening to old Serbian ballads. This song is one of our favorites… Story About Vasa Ladacki Do you know the story of Vasa Ladachki ? I heard it just a little while ago. Once he didn’t come out of a tavern for 9 [...]

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Serbia Snowed In

February 17, 2012

My cousin Maja, who lives in a small Serbain town of Backa Palanka, recently took these pictures of her daughters and her town. They haven’t seen this much snow in a long, long time. Some are enjoying it more than others! Source:  Special thanks to my cousin Maja Zoric Kotarlic for taking these delightful pictures. [...]

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A Loss May Turn Out to Be a Gain

February 12, 2012

This is an ancient Chinese fable that my Serbian grandfather frequently told me when I was a little girl. When life is hard and nothing in the world seems to go my way, I remember this fable. Of course, my grandfather told me the story in Serbian. I found the English translation on this website. [...]

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Sticks and Stones

February 7, 2012

I like to believe that I am a patient mother. From the moment my first child was born, I loved being a mother. Everything about my personality seemed to fit the role well, and what didn’t, I was willing to change and improve. Patience was a characteristic that needed development and enhancement. I worked on [...]

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A Boy and his Dog

February 6, 2012

For as long as I can remember we have had a ritual in our household – Sunday mornings are reserved for idling on the living room couch, drinking coffee, talking and reading the New York Times. Lately, though, the news stories seem to be getting so unrelentingly depressing, this relaxing practice has lost much of [...]

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Ghosts of Things Past

February 3, 2012

I have been writing a great deal since the start of this year. More than I have in years. It doesn’t seem enough. I wake up every night and there are skirmishes and conflicts  taking place in my head. For hours – stories, memories, impressions, meditations, musings, reflections – all are scrambling for supremacy and [...]

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Cold Spell in Serbia

February 2, 2012

Eastern Europe – especially Serbia, Ukraine, Poland and Bulgaria – has been experiencing exceedingly freezing temperatures in the past week. Over 79 people have died as the result of the cold spell throughout the region. Helicopters had to rescue residents of snowed-in villages in Serbia and Bosnia, parts of the Black Sea coastline froze near [...]

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Job Interview

February 1, 2012

I notice that I’ve been writing about books and libraries a lot the last few days. Well, one memory leads to another. Libraries have always been some of my favorite places – places where old, dusty books break down physical, mental and emotional boundaries and anything – anything – becomes possible. After I gave my [...]

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