When I was a child playing outside all day long with dozens of other kids in front of our concrete buildings, there were times when an adult, probably crazed by our continuous noise, was coming out on their balcony and was just yelling at us all: “ia, fiecare la scara lui!” – I am not […]
Author: Anca
Just smile and sing, Kowalski, just smile and sing!
Suspicion and raised thick dark eyebrows. Supermarkets, bike and walking paths, small alleys, clothing stores – someone was either muttering a song, singing it out loud, smiling when passing by, greeting with a hello. For months my face was frozen. Do I know you, you cheeky little stranger?! They’re all mad here, said the Cheshire […]
What about friends?
Someone asked someone who asked someone who asked me (or was it the other way around?) if I managed to get myself new friends, if I planted friendship seeds in the last six years and if they have taken roots and bloomed. Can you make new friends? Can you make new friends at 40? Can […]
Heat waves in a hot city
All my Uber drives were simply perfect until that very moment. Couple of days of perfect Uber drives. Loads of back and forth from one place to another under almost 40 degrees celsius. So going in and out of taxis, exchanging 40 for 20, seemed legit. I usually do not choose the car, nor if […]
Deal the cards
God gave Summer the cards and she’s shuffling and dealing them. She’s obviously cheating and the beating hearts are obviously pissed. So pissed. Summer is playing Autumn and we do not know who is who anymore or what the rules of the game are. Who’s speaking? Who’s shuffling? Flat Lands is raging against all machines. […]