by Olga Brajnović | Dec 23, 2022 | Family, Memories, Poetry
I have put the nativity scene on the fireplacewithout forgetting the mutilated sheepthat are standing thanks to the mossin which they sink their remaining legs. The memories and emotions pile uplike the boys running the bullsin a morning of adrenaline and suspenseAt...
by Olga Brajnović | Aug 10, 2022 | challenges, Family, fiction, Nature
Bob always had to be the first to get to the top. So he disappeared, running up through the wooden scale. Soon we heard him yell in horror and saw him coming down faster than when he climbed the mountain. -A bear! There is an enormous bear at the top! Dad told us to...
by Olga Brajnović | Aug 3, 2022 | Family, fiction, Love
-Do you think it’s a good idea, Ron? -Why not, Lisa? We will make her happy -I still think it’s dangerous. -We will be around and make sure nothing happens to her. Besides, it’s what she wants; we are making her dreams come true. -Some dreams are...
by Olga Brajnović | Jul 13, 2022 | Family, Memories, Nature, our life
After decades of absence, I visited the village where I spent the happiest summers of my childhood: Canet de Mar near Barcelona. My nephew, now a grown man, guided me thru the well-known old streets to the beach, where I could feel the mediterranean sea kissing my...
by Olga Brajnović | Apr 21, 2022 | challenges, Family, fiction
Maja arrived home sad and tired. Tom was worried. They just had buried her dad, and she was devastated. She had always been daddy’s girl. The one who followed his profession as a journalist, the one who always was drinking from his advice and making him...
by Olga Brajnović | Apr 4, 2022 | Family, fiction, Love
-What a beautiful day! -Just like fifty years ago, remember? -Of course, I remember Rob; it was our honeymoon! -Poor Eli. I had no money we couldn’t afford a trip so we took our bikes and take a ride till we found the perfect spot to rest a little and enjoy a...
