Our winters are relatively short and mild, yet I wish we had no winter at all. Me and cold are not good friends. I'm no fan of summer...

Almost daily, we're informed about  new age groups that are to be vaccinated next. We're assured there's plenty of vaccine for t...

  Despite progress and technology , many things stay more or less the same over  the years. Schools for instance. The same physical bricks-a...

  Third lockdown . Alarming numbers; the virus with its south- african, british,  indian , brazilian mutations,  seems to be mocking  the ex...

The  recent Armenia- Azerbaijan war over the long disputed Ngorno - Karabak region, has reminded me of the legendary french singer, composer...

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,...