by Olga Brajnović | Aug 2, 2021 | challenges, fiction
I get out of my office. It was a scorching day. The asphalt was melting under my feet as I tried to make my way thru the busy street to my apartment building. The sun hit my head like a hammer, drops of sweating pouring down my forehead and under my ears make me feel...
by Olga Brajnović | Jan 4, 2020 | challenges, Family, our life
My mom died three years ago. She was 97 and had spent four years in a wheelchair paralyzed because of a stroke. She was a strong woman, very independent, and with a privileged mind. The day she had a stroke, she became suddenly vulnerable and entirely dependent. She...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
My body is like a barometer. Since I can remember, I have migraines associated to storms. I have the symptoms before the storm, so I could always predict them. When I was twelve or thirteen I suffered a serious operation in my tibia bone to remove a tumour and the...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 23, 2014 | daily prompt
Our ten-minute free-write is back! Have no mercy on your keyboard as you give us your most unfiltered self (feel free to edit later, or just publish as-is). Today I have visited a watercolors exhibition. There were paintings by a friend of mine who suffers of a...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 13, 2014 | daily prompt
Good news — another hour has just been added to every 24-hour day (don’t ask us how. We have powers). How do you use those extra sixty minutes? What would I do with more time at my disposition? Probably the same I’m doing now but more calmly. I spend most of my...
