One interesting and true thing you’ll always hear foreigners say is how damned delicious tomatoes are in Romania. It’s true. And what’s even more delicious are the ones you grow in your own window :) Sweeter than sugar. Continue reading Tomatoes
One thing I find rather wearisome is when some people in this country get a little bit too caught up in playing the Now We’re The Victim game. Exhibit 1: Realitatea, a 24-hour news channel with a campaign saying Now We’re The Target: Here’s the key passage in the article: Acum, în proiectul legii Insolvenţei a fost adăugat un articol prin care oricărei televiziuni sau … Continue reading Now We’re the Victim
I’ve realized over the years that I keep writing about gypsies, a race of people that few “outsiders” ever want to bother to understand. The gypsies are just there, usually bothersome, and the most compassionate outsiders just want them to “integrate” and be like everyone else. One of the reasons they won’t “be like everyone else” is precisely because they have so many of their … Continue reading Word of the Day: Stabor
What else can I say except that I told you it was going to happen? Mattanza di cani in Romania #romania #dogs #massacre LA CIVILTÀ NON RISOLVE COSÌ I PROBLEMI pic.twitter.com/VCeFbRaiCw — Federica Chirico (@FedericaChirico) September 25, 2013 https://twitter.com/o_dogan_b/status/382860019316047872 #SHAMEONYOUROMANIA #STOPKILLINGDOGS #romaniastopanimalabuse — Sarah J (@binnie12000) September 25, 2013 Romanian court: Stray dogs can be euthanized http://t.co/kGrz7qXGRF BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A bill allowing stray … Continue reading Sowing the Wind
Although now I’ve lived long enough to reach an age I never thought I’d see, there is no way that I can remember a cold November in the year 1891. But I do know that story and I’d like to share it with you today. On a fateful day in a distant and remote mountain valley in the eastern United States, a woman named Mollie … Continue reading For a Distant Land to Roam
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