Over the past few weeks I followed Kosovo’s Mormon community. They were active in building water pipes for local poor communities. During this process I understood that it is hard…
Last year, I discovered the perfect way to describe my family's uneasy relationship to our Slovenian roots. In Slovenian, it goes like this: “Hoditi kot mačka okrog vrele kaše.” Don't…
Growing up, I absorbed “exotic” new environments without really taking note. I recall feeling excited and enthralled by new places, but even such feelings can be taken in stride. Here…
When I was small I remember drawing, in crayon, a small rainbow on the wall of my bedroom. It was just over my bed. I could look at it while…
Or: a note to self, regarding instruments of inspiration and perspiration. As a civilization we managed to arrive where we are thanks to our ability to use tools. Ever since…
Recently I indulged in a little analysis of female behavior with my dear fellow blogger Silvia Valencia and we realized it was time you get a follow up to her…
You'd be forgiven to think this is the early 1990's in the Balkans. The Socialist Party of Serbia is in power, there are political arrests and even log revolutions. Obviously,…
I have been in the Balkans since early February of this bitterly and dangerously cold winter. This trip is my third time in the region, but it constitutes my first…
In 1867 the right of free expression in speech and writing was legally defined by Emperor Franz Josef I in Austria. Little did he know how sloppy we will be…