Lately I’ve felt like a priest, going to visit the sick to sit with them a while and offer them comfort. An old friend of mine and her husband caught a nasty virus while working in England and now they’re back home to rest and recuperate. Was the money there good? Yes, but both of them are still glad to be home, their illnesses notwithstanding. … Continue reading Only human

Yesterday I read an article in a Romanian newspaper which left me grinning for the rest of the day. It was entitled There are people who exist that don’t exist, about people who have no IDs and don’t “exist”. My partial translation: Are there people who exist that don’t exist? The subject was brought to our attention by Ciprian Necula, a sociologist and activist working … Continue reading Off the grid