We met Julia’s mother again and the entire family last evening at another restaurant closer to where they live. Everyone was present this time including Julia’s brother, Walter, that did not come last Tuesday because he was working. The family says that Walter looks the most like their father, Carlos. He doesn’t look like Julia…
Tag: Culture
haiku: my distant pity…
compassion is bread and salve, my distant pity is a waste of time
‘Under the Spell of Susan Boyle… ‘
Andrew Lloyd Webber is “under the spell of Susan Boyle” according to the UK Telegraph. It seems there may be a part for her in his musical, “Whistle Down the Wind.” Read the very interesting story here. Susan made world-wide attention when she “sang like an angel,” and shocked the judges and audience with her…
Seven Words…
1) “Solomon” is much more beautiful in English than in Hebrew. Shlomo just doesn’t quite roll off the tongue the same way. 2) Carendash is “pencil” in Russian and much more artistic in Russian. 3) Solfeggio is “music theory” in Russian and much more musical in Russian. 4) Nay is “yes” in Greek and…
Red Pepper Soup
Can you tell I like soup? Many recipes posted on this blog are soup or stew. That’s because I really learned to cook while living in Ukraine. Soup is a staple there, so I developed an appetite for it… maybe even a flair for it… This is the recipe of a friend of mine that…
A Confession…
This photo was taken at the English Teapot Cafe in Agios Georgious village in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. I love the way it turned out–not so much for its photographic composition or execution, rather for its meaning and memory.
Meandering Pathway
I wonder who lives at house number nine in the Cypriot village of Omidos. They have a lovely orange tree growing in their front yard just on the other side of this white brick fence. When my husband and I passed their little home just off the village square I had so many thoughts about…
haiku: widows and orphans
widows and orphans society does not see their wind broken lives
Bonnie Saul Wilks 