You may throw up in your mouth a little, because I will perhaps be too uncool for the crowd now by writing about… positive thinking. Or rather, my personal take on positive thinking. The older I get, the more I look back at my constantly worried younger self as a complete stranger; was that really […]
“Why don’t I do this more often!?” Sometimes you just need a tiny, little nudge and a dash of conscious effort to find your way back to your passions; one of mine is poetry. I used to belong to a monthly poetry group where we read and discussed each other’s poems, as well as works […]
It seems to me that Russia has always been a “hot topic” in the news, regardless of the year, or decade. The country has seen political turmoil, numerous cultural and scientific achievements, repression and freedom at different times, for different people, though it is no wonder, as Russia is by far the world’s largest country […]
“No. Other. Family. Has it as messy as we do!!!“ I remember my mother yelling this when she reached a desperate point of no return; the best one could do was to stay calm, and quiet. In her eyes, the entire house was in shambles as she imagined the shaming judgment from extended family, due […]
Beautiful eyes are rolling over these short lines When I first read this mini-poem my face was gray and my brain was cooked from plowing through the Western world’s literature. At that time reading had become more than a full-time occupation for me, since Comparative Literature was my first subject at the University of Gothenburg, […]
