by Olga Brajnović | Mar 14, 2021 | challenges, Journalism, Memories
I love music. I studied piano, and I have been a music teacher for kids in a primary school. But I wanted to become a journalist, so I continued my studies in writing, history, and law and found a job in a newspaper. They assigned me to the courts and crimes desk....
by Olga Brajnović | Mar 9, 2021 | challenges, Family, Memories
My mom had just died. I was feeling a deep emptiness in my soul. I had managed to appear calm and strong at the hospital, and after that, greeting friends at the funeral home, the church, and the cemetery. My sisters had cried her loss, but tears didn’t come to...
by Olga Brajnović | Mar 6, 2021 | challenges, fiction, our life
It was getting late. People passed by without stopping to listen or notice him, although he was a good player. Thomas gave up for the day. He picked up the shoebox containing the earnings of the day: ten euros and some cents. Not enough to feed his children. He was...
by Olga Brajnović | Feb 24, 2021 | challenges, Family, Memories
An explosion, a loud shake, and the screeching of iron on iron interrupted the conversations and led to an ominous silence. The shooting began immediately. The train had derailed after colliding with a bomb on the track planted by the guerrillas. People, including my...
by Olga Brajnović | Feb 20, 2021 | challenges, fiction
Claire was so upset, she lost it. Somebody had gone to the CEO of his company with absurd accusations against her telling him she was some communist agitator after a meeting in which she had to speak out defending a coworker who was about to be fired because of budget...
