I Swear in the Days Still Left, We Will Walk in Fields of Gold

Here in Romania the days are becoming shorter and shorter, with the few hours of sunlight often deeply filtered by gray clouds and tempered by bitter cold. It’s not an easy time to be optimistic. But I am feeling really good. A number of projects that I’ve been working on in the background are, amazingly, right at the cusp of coming to the forefront where … Continue reading I Swear in the Days Still Left, We Will Walk in Fields of Gold

Sam Cel RomanNovember 26, 20125 Comments

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Fear Itself

I got to tell you that beyond some personal projects (which are going smashingly well and more details on those soon when they’re 100% ready to be revealed) I have been increasingly devoting my time to two subjects: fear and poverty. The poverty angle I’ll leave for another time but today I will speak about fear, especially after this lengthy report (video and text) from … Continue reading Fear Itself

Sam Cel RomanNovember 19, 201225 Comments

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The Crash of the Shenandoah

Well I fully admit I’m a a loquacious bastard (just imagine the academic papers I used to write for money!) However, if you like reading about Romania in English in a much shorter and more enjoyable fashion, I cannot recommend enough reading my buddy’s blog “Expat in Romania”, especially his recent post A Country’s Search for Meaning: Is it really fair to compare Romania and … Continue reading The Crash of the Shenandoah

Sam Cel RomanOctober 22, 20121 Comment

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Knowing is half the battle

They say that sometimes when a thief is caught, a whole series of crimes gets solved at once (and it happens in real life more than you might think). Last night I was lying in bed reading when I suddenly came across a reference to Herodotus discussing Transoxiana and I let out a tremendous shout and threw down my book, which badly startled my quite … Continue reading Knowing is half the battle

Sam Cel RomanOctober 18, 201216 Comments

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Degeaba eu am aici de toate

If you ever decide that writing is for you, one of your passions, and you want to do it on a website and turn it into a job and make lots of money doing it, do not follow my example! But if you write because you have to, because it is in your heart, then strange and wonderful things can happen. I began this little … Continue reading Degeaba eu am aici de toate

Sam Cel RomanOctober 16, 2012February 18, 201610 Comments

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