by Olga Brajnović | Mar 8, 2022 | commitment, fiction
Here I’m alone, waiting for a bus under the bridge in the outskirts of Kyiv with the columns painted with the colors of our flag. Oleg took the picture when he was coming to meet me. It was Friday, 18th February 2022. We were going to Mariinsky Park to walk and...
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 25, 2020 | challenges, commitment
I think that by saving the world, we are protecting ourselves, our families, our friends and our society. Each one of us can be responsible from where we are, making our little world better, working to spread peace and respect for each other, and preserve the earth...
by Olga Brajnović | Sep 25, 2020 | challenges, Family, Memories
I wrote this post September 25th 2014 to answer a WordPress prompt that asked who was my hero when I was five and if my vision of that person had changed with the time. When I was five he was my hero. The perfect man. The one who knew all the answers. The one with...
by Olga Brajnović | Aug 20, 2020 | challenges, Journalism, Memories
Before its dramatic fall, Yugoslavia had a very complicated political system. There was no president but a collective presidential institution formed by eight persons, one from each federal republic or autonomous region. Every May 5th, one of them took a turn to be...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 8, 2019 | beauty, challenges, our life, photography
A tiny Island in the Croatian Adriatic See The views of the Adriatic Sea in my homeland of Croatia fill my soul with peace. The blue water, the islands, and the fresh breeze are a solace for my mind. Maybe it’s because in my veins runs the blood of sea wolfs who...
