Category Archives: Story

The Night Parade – Maria’s Story

Posted on November 28, 2023 by irinadim

Maria and I have so much in common. Both born in 1935. Both European. Both came to Australia about the same time. Maria with her husband Alfons and their baby daughter in 1963, Sasha and I with our five-year-old son … Continue reading →

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Remembering Sydney 2000 Olympics

Posted on September 15, 2020 by irinadim

❤ To some, it doesn’t seem like 20 years ago. To me, it seems like 100 years ago! Both Sasha and I were so much fitter in those days! I remember I had both hips replaced that year, first in … Continue reading →

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Growing Up In The 1940s – In Captivity – Article 104 – WWII

Posted on October 9, 2019 by irinadim

Dear Readers, After four years I’m finally coming back to this memoir. I’d like to finish it while memories are still floating in my mind. At times I’m overwhelmed by panic that there isn’t much time left. I’m 84. I’m … Continue reading →

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Growing Up In The 1940s – Top Priority: Patients’ Welfare – WWII

Posted on October 6, 2019 by irinadim

Dear Readers, After four years I’m finally coming back to this memoir. I’d like to finish it while memories are still floating in my mind. At times I’m overwhelmed by panic that there isn’t much time left. I’m 84. I’m … Continue reading →

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Growing Up In The 1940s – In Captivity – The Kind Oberarzt (continued) – WWII

Posted on September 30, 2019 by irinadim

Dear Readers, After four years I’m finally coming back to this memoir. I’d like to finish it while memories are still floating in my mind. At times I’m overwhelmed by panic that there isn’t much time left. I’m 84. I’m … Continue reading →

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Decluttering bit by bit… digging up memories

Posted on September 18, 2019 by irinadim

Could I pass off as Lawrence of Arabia? Perhaps, if I had blue eyes and was a tiny bit younger …? No, a lot younger! I found this headgear as I was decluttering the belly dancing drawer. Well, yes, I … Continue reading →

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The Blue Dream

Posted on August 16, 2016 by irinadim

~ She’s never seen such a beautiful sight, such intense colours. Only in dreams. This was her third such dream that she can remember. A real jewel. Blue sapphire. She woke up, out of this seascape dream, in the early … Continue reading →

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Growing Up IN The 1940s – Life on the Farm – World War II

Posted on May 5, 2015 by irinadim

This year we are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War Two. It was such a long time ago. I’m trying to remember what it was like for me in those turbulent years of War, and what … Continue reading →

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Growing Up In The 1940s – Primary School – World War II

Posted on April 14, 2015 by irinadim

  This year we are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War Two. It was such a long time ago. I’m trying to remember what it was like for me in those turbulent years of War, and … Continue reading →

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Romancing Tatyana Firsova – Friday Writing Essential, November 21, 2014: Youthful Memories

Posted on November 24, 2014 by irinadim

My Dad’s Youthful Memories   (This is an excerpt from “My Dad, Volunteer in WWI”, a memoir I intend to finish, hopefully, by the end of 2015.) Bogdan Stojić, medical student at Graz University, was conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian Army … Continue reading →

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