Part OneFrom Bosnia with Love Before the war in the Yugoslav republics in the nineties, we traveled through Bosnia several times. We either went south to the sea, or to visit the old Bosnian towns. Vrbas river canyon, Mostar, Jajce, Sarajevo… Narrow roads, unlit tunnels, inadequate road signage, yes or no signposts…And so in the…
Author: Brane
Baked Apples
I throw the apple at you, and if you are willing to love me, take it and share your girlhood with me; but if your thoughts are what I pray they are not, even then take it, and consider how short-lived is beauty.— Plato, Epigram VII Apples.What can we say about them?Apples appear in many religious…
The Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation
Today is April 27th. And like all the years after the Second World War, we celebrate the founding of The Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation on this day.The Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation (Slovene: Osvobodilna fronta slovenskega naroda), or simply Liberation Front (Osvobodilna fronta, OF), originally called the Anti-Imperialist Front (Protiimperialistična fronta, PIF),…
Lefty O’Douls
And then I was at another famous bar in San Francisco – Lefty O’Douls Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge on 333 Geary St.The bar was started by retired major league baseball player Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul in 1958.But who was Lefty O’Doul? Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul (March 4, 1897 – December 7, 1969) was an American…
Semolina Slices With Cottage Cheese
Semolina is the name given to coarsely milled durum wheat mainly used in making couscous, pasta, and sweet puddings. The term semolina is also used to designate coarse millings of other varieties of wheat, and sometimes other grains (such as rice or maize) as well.So, now that we have clarified what semolina is, let’s go…
Summer of 83
When you ever feel badand you’ll walk barefoot on the grassearly in the morningthat the dew will gatheron your feetand you’ll be clothed in red silkand you’ll have a yellow flowerin your fair hairand the first rays of sunlightwill kiss you gently. That’s when you remember me,the poor poet who loved you.
Mỹ Sơn
Between the 4th and 13th centuries a unique culture which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism developed on the coast of contemporary Viet Nam. This is graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive tower-temples located in a dramatic site that was the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom for…
West of the Pecos
Zane Gray – West of the PecosPecos Smith is the best horseman, the best shot, the best man with a rope who ever rode out of southwest Texas. That is all anyone really knows about him. But in six-gun country, west of the Pecos, people figure he will be useful to have around. This is…
Tuscan-style Chicken Fillet
Tuscany.One of the most photogenic landscapes in the world. The land of delicious food and pleasant wines.Lines of cypress trees on the horizon, lonely trees, blooming poppy fields. Vineyards, sunflower fields.Medici family, Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Galileo Galilei and more and more.The medieval towns are perched on top of the hills.Florence, San Giminiano,…
2024
The old year is quietly leaving,the new one is mysteriously coming. Happy Holidays and happy New Year!