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Remembering Sydney 2000 Olympics
❤ 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
Growing Up In The 1940s – In Captivity – Article 104 – WWII
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
Growing Up In The 1940s – Top Priority: Patients’ Welfare – WWII
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
Growing Up In The 1940s – In Captivity – The Kind Oberarzt (continued) – WWII
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
Posted in History, Story, WWII
Tagged Dr Bogdan Stojic, French prisoners, Germany in WWII, Growing Up In The Forties, historical memoir, History, In Captivity, Irina Dimitric, kind German Oberarzt, memoir, memories, photos, POW in Germany in WWII, Stalag VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR, Stalag VIIID TESCHEN, wartime story, WWII, WWII memoir
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Decluttering bit by bit… digging up memories
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
Posted in Story
Tagged belly dancing, dance, decluttering, humour, Irina Dimitric, Lawrence of Arabia, memories, remembering, shimmy, story
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The Blue Dream
~ 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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Tagged atomic bomb, butcher bird, creative writing, dreams, healing nature, Irina Dimitric, photo, photography, prose, sapphire blue, seascape, subconscious mind, sunshine, vibrant colours
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Growing Up IN The 1940s – Life on the Farm – World War II
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
Growing Up In The 1940s – Primary School – World War II
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
Romancing Tatyana Firsova – Friday Writing Essential, November 21, 2014: Youthful Memories
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
My Dad, Volunteer in WWI
My Dad, Volunteer in WWI Today is the 100th anniversary of the beginning of WWI. Here’s an abridged version of the first chapter of a memoir I’m writing about my Dad’s involvement in the Great War. At the time of … Continue reading
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