Romancing Tatyana Firsova – Friday Writing Essential, November 21, 2014:...
My Dad’s Youthful Memories (This is an excerpt from “My Dad, Volunteer in WWI”, a memoir I intend to finish, hopefully, by the end of 2015.) Bogdan Stojić, medical student at Graz University, was...
View ArticleGrowing Up In The 1940s – Primary School – World War II
This year we are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War Two. It was such a long time ago. I’m trying to remember what it was like for me in those turbulent years of War, and what it...
View ArticleGrowing Up IN The 1940s – Life on the Farm – World War II
This year we are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War Two. It was such a long time ago. I’m trying to remember what it was like for me in those turbulent years of War, and what it...
View ArticleThe Blue Dream
~ She’s never seen such a beautiful sight, such intense colours. Only in dreams. This was her third such dream that she can remember. A real jewel. Blue sapphire. She woke up, out of this seascape...
View ArticleDecluttering bit by bit… digging up memories
Could I pass off as Lawrence of Arabia? Perhaps, if I had blue eyes and was a tiny bit younger …? No, a lot younger! I found this headgear as I was decluttering the belly dancing drawer. Well, yes, I...
View ArticleGrowing Up In The 1940s – In Captivity – The Kind Oberarzt (continued) – WWII
Dear Readers, After four years I’m finally coming back to this memoir. I’d like to finish it while memories are still floating in my mind. At times I’m overwhelmed by panic that there isn’t much time...
View ArticleGrowing Up In The 1940s – Top Priority: Patients’ Welfare – WWII
Dear Readers, After four years I’m finally coming back to this memoir. I’d like to finish it while memories are still floating in my mind. At times I’m overwhelmed by panic that there isn’t much time...
View ArticleGrowing Up In The 1940s – In Captivity – Article 104 – WWII
Dear Readers, After four years I’m finally coming back to this memoir. I’d like to finish it while memories are still floating in my mind. At times I’m overwhelmed by panic that there isn’t much time...
View ArticleRemembering Sydney 2000 Olympics
To some, it doesn’t seem like 20 years ago. To me, it seems like 100 years ago! Both Sasha and I were so much fitter in those days! I remember I had both hips replaced that year, first in April and...
View ArticleThe Night Parade – Maria’s Story
Maria and I have so much in common. Both born in 1935. Both European. Both came to Australia about the same time. Maria with her husband Alfons and their baby daughter in 1963, Sasha and I with our...
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