I had to take a break from blogging and other activities in mid-December as my home was in need of some repairs. Moreover, my  PC has to be ...

  No, it's not about the famous italian movie 'Two Women' with Sophia Loren (widow), and her daughter, who had to leave Rome dur...

  Discipline is the name of the game; nothing important  can be achieved without discipline -  self - discipline, as well as national discip...

  My grandfather's mother was a 50 year old widow when she decided to leave the small home town in north-east Romania and try her luck i...

  Election campaigns resemble more and more a political circus, and regardless of the final result,  we feel relieved when it's all over...

  First rain - torrential but refreshing, and much needed. I've received a nice present - a special winter blanket; love it, love at fir...

Sometimes we learn from the media about the death of a person; no cause of death mentioned (usually at the request of the family). Even if w...

  Update on covid-19: easing of lockdown restrictions starting with this week , encouraging news on vaccines. However, the overall atmospher...

  Still on Lockdown. I don't know how long covid-19 will be with us. (A climate activist claims - for as long as Climate Change crisis ...

The other day, I was browsing through my old, analog (non- digital) pictures, focusing on the bad ones (blurred, failed contrast - too dark,...

  The 25 hours of Fasting  are over.   Hopefully, Fast and Prayer have got me a good final sealing in the Book of Life for the New Year. The...

After retirement, our GP and her husband (also a doctor) moved to another city; sort of a new beginning. A few years later, the husband d...

If and when  I happen to dream during my sleep, it's usually about family members that are no longer with us. They talk, sometimes wee...

* Berries are considered superfood,  for they're packed with nutrients and anti- oxidant elements. We greatly enjoy them in the...

I've recently come across this new term - coronialism - which refers to the danger of a new order, a new society being established -  ...