Author: Violeta

Mama & Tata celebrated their birthdays, one after the other. It has always made buying gifts for them easy. One bigger and more useful for both. Early 60s look good on them. After a full summer of balanced weather, with mild warmth, cool winds, regular cooling rain and friendly sun, the fall is drawing near.…

I am a strong believer in confronting the ugliness of the day, stare it in the eye and overpower it. And then, move on to see the good in every big and small thing. There is pain and disfunction. There are unfortunate events. Though even in the midst of those, there is something to be…

I wonder if it’s just how August goes… Last night I read this blog post and I found myself in it; This year has been different: http://katiedavis.amazima.org

In a heart beat I read a whole book. I wasn’t planning to engulf it all at once, but what started as “let’s see what this book is about” finished with “I can’t put it down”. It is called “kisses from katie” and livia left it with me for a week, maybe I would read…

A few years ago we were watching a netflix movie with our mom and dad and, and we stopped it, minutes into it. It had great reviews, it was funny, it had A list decent classic actors that we liked …but it was crass. The sexual allusions, the cheap fun they made, the putting down…

I blog. Paradoxically I am a private person. But information has little to do with it. Transparency is freeing and there are many things I am elusive about. I am made of many layers ever since I can remember.

We are bombarded with information every day. And two people who hear or see or read the same thing may understand different things. I admit I tune in to specific messages and I ready myself to understand.

At the first sign of frustration or anger, I would evaluate quickly such “ungodly feelings” and temper them down, find resolutions, usually whatever demanded of me more than of others. Probably because my own actions I could and would control, and it would be futile to try to control anybody-else’s.