by Olga Brajnović | Aug 5, 2020 | challenges, Memories, Nature, our life
My botanic’s teacher organized once an outing with all her University students to climb the Acher’s Castle, a mountain in the Pyrenees. We had to collect specimens for a herbarium before the vegetation disappeared because of the altitude, and continue to...
by Olga Brajnović | Aug 3, 2020 | challenges, our life, photography
These days I have watched some new musicals. I was stunned (for good) with Hamilton and its mix of hip hop, rap and pop, and the bold idea of telling in that innovative way the history of the founding fathers of the States. I learned many things I didn’t know,...
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 | Jul 7, 2020 | challenges, our life
The city Hall of Pamplona at noon when the Fiesta begins Today is San Fermin. The day my city gets crazy with the Fiesta. The first day of a week, when every morning, thousands of people get up early in the morning to run the bulls all clothed in white with red...
by Olga Brajnović | Jun 27, 2020 | challenges, Health, our life
I’m not on my best days. I seriously had considered titling this post, “Abolish me.” I feel useless. My projects have sunk during this pandemic. I wanted to write a book and had made a sort of outline. But when I tried to begin with my research to...