by Olga Brajnović | Nov 21, 2017 | daily prompt, Family, Memories
Now that my mom has passed away, her nest is empty. Her house, a meeting point for all of us, plenty of great remembrances, is now a sad and solitary place. The place where I used to go to find refuge and solace is gone. Soon it will begin the time of Advent and after...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 12, 2017 | daily prompt, Journalism, Memories
As a reporter I had to report about a shooting between policemen and terrorists that took place in a natural landscape of great beauty, a narrow gorge formed by a river. Apparently, four terrorists were making plans for an attack while spending the day by the river,...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 9, 2017 | daily prompt, Family, Memories
Every Christmas eve, my dad used to build a grotto scene in the living room with little figurines of st Joseph, the Virgin Mary, the Baby Jesus and the shepherds, under the Christmas tree. He had a beautiful a valuable figurine of the angel who announced to the...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 29, 2017 | daily prompt, Memories
I suffered a deep depression while working in the newsroom of a newspaper. One of my coworkers, a great friend of mine, knew all about of my condition. When that all begun, I only could feel an enormous tiredness and I couldn’t stop crying. This was pretty...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 26, 2017 | daily prompt, Journalism, Memories
As a reporter I witnessed a police operation against a violent terrorist cell in my city, and two years after, I was called to take the stand as a witness during the trial against the terrorists. They promised me total discretion and that my name would not be...
