by Olga Brajnović | Jul 17, 2022 | our life, photography
Hundreds of fishermen and their families of Arenys de Mar, a village near Barcelona, prayed yesterday to Our Lady of the Carmel, following an old tradition for their safety and their dead comrades in the way they best know: going out to sea with an Image of their...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 8, 2020 | challenges, commitment, Family, Journalism, Memories
During WWII, my dad was on a train when a communist guerrilla bombed the tracks. They killed many passengers and took the survivors as prisoners. My dad was an independent journalist who had been a prisoner of the fascists for criticizing Mussolini. Now only because...
by Olga Brajnović | Jun 8, 2018 | challenges, good luck, Journalism
Many years ago, I worked as an intern in a radio station making interviews and reporting about culture. I had to fill a space of three minutes with news about the music events in the city. One day I had prepared an interview with the conductor of an orchestra who was...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 3, 2015 | challenges, daily prompt
I didn’t want to get out of that room. I wanted to stay by him till the end. I loved him so much! Every second was precious for me. But all the others decided that I was the suitable person to accompany my mother home to have some rest. I kissed him in the...
by Olga Brajnović | Jan 10, 2015 | daily prompt
Describe a memory or encounter in which you considered your faith, religion, spirituality — or lack of — for the first time. From I can remember I’ve prayed to God with faith. But I can remember a day when I had my first real prayer. A moment when I felt I was...
