Tag Archives: story

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 →

Posted in Story | Tagged Aleksandar Sasha Dimitric, belly dancing, count your blessings, European Handball, laughter is the best medicine, miracles, old age, photos, prevent falls, stay safe, story, Sydney 2000 Olympics | 12 Comments

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 →

Posted in Story | Tagged belly dancing, dance, decluttering, humour, Irina Dimitric, Lawrence of Arabia, memories, remembering, shimmy, story | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in Humour, Irina Dimitric, Story, WWI | Tagged Bogdan Stojic, Friday Writing Essential, humour, language pitfalls, My Dad Volunteer in WWI, story, wartime romance, wartime story, WWI, youthful memories | 16 Comments

The Battle of Drina, October 1914, WWI

Posted on October 4, 2014 by irinadim

Bogdan Stojic, medical student at Graz University, Austria * (This is an excerpt from “My Dad, Volunteer in WWI”, a memoir I intend to finish soon). * “It was a sunny day, five o’clock in the afternoon on 4 October … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Irina Dimitric, WWI | Tagged Bogdan Stojic, History, Irina Dimitric, memoir, My Dad Volunteer in WWI, Serbia in WWI, story, volunteering in WWI, war, wartime story, WWI | 12 Comments

Falsehood and Truth – Fable

Posted on July 3, 2014 by irinadim

Once upon a time, two beautiful girls, wearing beautiful garments, went to bathe in a lake. The girls’ names were Falsehood and Truth. They took off their dresses, arranged them carefully on the bed of grass and dived … Continue reading →

Posted in Fable, Story | Tagged fable, falshood, metaphor, photo, quote, story, Sunday Writing Essential, truth, Wesun | 16 Comments

Inspector Mufti the Superdog

Posted on April 10, 2014 by irinadim

Tuesday 25 March 2014. Mufti is partially blind. It looks to me that he is totally blind in the right eye. He keeps knocking his head against every obstacle along the way; his hearing, however, is very good, so when … Continue reading →