by Olga Brajnović | Apr 5, 2023 | commitment, fiction
-Why are you here, Igor? -I don’t know. I saw many people together looking at the same spot and joined the group to find out what was so interesting, Alex. -And did you? -No. the crowd doesn’t let me see or hear anything distinctively. -Have you asked...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 28, 2022 | challenges, fiction
My four heads carefully cracked at exactly the same spot, crossing the face but leaving the expression untouched. Here they are. In front of me. Exactly as I made them. But I can’t hold them. What is happening to me? They were a small structure I sculpted in my...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 30, 2020 | challenges, our life
I had to overcome many irrational fears during my life, some of them with a terrible story behind them, like my fear of elevators or my fear of bridges. But what scares me most of all is death. I’m a person of faith, and I believe in a life beyond this one and...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 2, 2020 | challenges, Poetry
Photo by Corey Agopian on Unsplash My father was a poet and journalist. He suffered a lot during WWII. Almost all his friends and all his brothers died young during those horrible years. He was taken prisoner first by the Italian Fascists and years later by the...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 22, 2020 | Family, Love, Memories
My mom had a stroke and spent four years paralysed. I spent much time with her, trying to alleviate her suffering. It was exhausting and wonderful at the same time because we became very close to each other and complicit in many things. She could move the right side...