The Light (Lumina), by Lucian Blaga
The light that I feel flooding my chest when I see you, isn’t it, I wonder, a drop from the light created on the first day, from that light so thirsty of life? The nothingness was lying in agony when…
Blue-flower garden
A romantic heart’s dream. One that I had forgotten since Lyme ticks and itchy poison ivy frightened me away from my own garden. Somehow, it came to life all by itself. Plants I had grown from seeds, flowers bought years ago at…
Agatha Christie, An Autobiography
A very enjoyable book. Evidently coming from a different time and a different place, Agatha Christie knows, however, how to put her very interesting life on page and keep you hooked. She did not have an ordinary life. Not a…
The move to WordPress
I thought I would tell you about how I moved my iWeb website to WordPress. Anyone interested? No? Well, bad luck then, because I think this is an infinitely interesting topic, so here I go. I felt iWeb as a…
The Tigress of Forli, by Elizabeth Lev
So, I go to the library last week and stop as usual at the new book section (because it is the closest to the children’s section, and often my books come from here). And what do you know? There was…
Who won’t allow women to be priests
The head of the Roman Catholic church announced last week that he won’t tolerate any “disobedience” such as talk of accepting women into priesthood. This sort of discourse sounds to me so limited, ignorant, disgraceful and unfair that I am…
Interview with Rae Joyce, author of Escape Behaviours
I interviewed author Rae Joyce about her graphic poem Escape Behaviours which will leave you with a lot to think about, like who our heroes are, how they look and what their place should be. THE MYTHOLOGICAL HERO FROM INSIDE…
To My Critics (Criticilor mei), by Mihai Eminescu
I published in WRITTEN a translation of Mihai Eminescu’s “Criticilor mei” (“To my critics). It is very intimidating to translate Eminescu. He’s a god of Romanian literature and his poetry technique is so perfect that a translation can only be…
The Toughtful Dresser, by Linda Grant
The Thoughtful Dresser is a book that I wanted to like. It’s one of those themes — women and their clothes — that can be deeply interesting because there is so much negativity attached to it. I also have strong…
The Female Advantage, by Sally Helgesen
I finally finished this book that I have been reading for a while. It is not a bad book, but it lost my interest a few times throughout. That is maybe because I have very little tolerance for “business talk”…
Out of the Transylvania Night, by Aura Imbarus
I have just finished reading “Out of the Transylvania Night” and I have to confess that it surprised me. It was a lovely read. Actually, the thing that I disliked a little when first discovering this book was the misleading…
Made a magic dream pillow
To ward my child’s sleep against nightmares. It’s a simple very simple project that made someone a bit happier to go to sleep at night. We have a dreamcatcher and we say a spell every night before sleep to…