Today was just one of those days without any flavor. Rain, clouds, and general dullness. Then around 4 p.m., the Sun suddenly decided to demonstrate all its glory. Only 15 minutes of pure beauty, and it was all gone, like it was some sort of a mistake and somebody ‘up there’ quickly pressed ‘undo’.

As in the rest of the country, the weekend here was not any less apocalyptic. Bura was breaking the records, and on the night between Saturday and Sunday, it felt as if the wind would literally rip the entire house out, including the foundations. I wanted some Robinson Crusoe, so it seems I got it. […]

Four days ago, my neighbor S. and I marked the beginning of winter with a beef/chicken soap he prepared with a lot of care. Since then, it has not stopped raining, and I was again unwillingly faced with the fact that in one area of my house the roof still leaks. By using our non-verbal […]

On a very hot early September day, after I chose some potentially useful things for my new home, I boarded a truck from the countryside where my grandparents live. The house there is a small graveyard of all my family’s flats and houses, so finding useful stuff was not hard. My driver was our first […]