Category: GRANDMA

Once upon a time

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once upon a time

Do you tell each other stories at bedtime? Do you tell your children stories?

Here’s my answer: we READ stories. It is generally fairy tales from our native countries.  I sneak in my favourites – myths deep-rooted in Romanian culture and traditions, mystical fairy tales with meanings crossing centuries and habits. Continue reading “Once upon a time” →

Purple and red, apples and pears

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featuring APPLES & PEARS

I grew up in a concrete jungle, in a flat at the centre of Bucharest. I learned to love walking to school among blocks of flats, reaching the city centre on foot, marvelling at architectural antitheses. I fell in love with grey. Continue reading “Purple and red, apples and pears” →

Cold coffee and walnut cake… and world sanitation

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featuring GATHER, on world sanitation

If you asked my husband the names of my Transylvanian cousins, aunts and uncles, he would struggle to give you the right answer. He would be much better able to tell you which household owned a TV, who had the first refrigerator, the first toilet, or who was the first to have electricity installed.

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