by Olga Brajnović | Oct 29, 2022 | commitment, our life, photography, Poetry
the trees knowthat they have to dieto the spring blossomwhen their time comes. no matters ifcrazy weatherresurrects summerin October. The heat can deceivethe lost soulswho only lookthe thermometers of life. But time moves onrelentless without stoppingto rest on an...
by Olga Brajnović | Sep 7, 2021 | challenges, fiction, Love
Martha smiled broadly, showing her gleaming white teeth when I told her Matty has just died in a car crash. She showed no sadness, no emotion. We were all devastated. Matty was a young intern, 23, full of life and energy. Very nice chap. We all loved him because he...
by Olga Brajnović | Jul 12, 2020 | challenges, our life, photography
I wish I had wings like a seagull to fly freely far away from these confined areas in which we are living and cross the Mediterranean to see my family back in Croatia and Montenegro. I miss them badly. I miss my homeland too. We endured more than 30 years of...
by Olga Brajnović | Jan 25, 2020 | challenges, Memories
I always have been feeling Croatian. Mom and Dad were Croatian and my older sister has been born there. One hundred percent of my blood is Croatian and my first language is Croatian. I went to school in Spain when I was five knowing nothing about the language. I had...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 13, 2015 | challenges, daily prompt
Run!, Run!. She didn’t think twice. They had just heard the sound of the launching of a missile and her guide knew it was aimed towards the place where they were standing. A man in a nearby house called them: Over here! Over here! and showed them the entrance to a...