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  • Love in the time of Pandemic... 271

     The title of the post paraphrases a well-known book written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and it speaks about restrictions and longing. The truth is that I could have simply written a diary post about every single day that I've spent "at home". But it is quite difficult to encompass the multitude of feelings and sensations that overwhelmed me and the whole world. As I believe I am mentally strong I have started the two weeks of lockdown with big plans: I will reorganize all my closest and I will read and I will do all the things I always wanted to do but I never had time for. And I did it: my clothes are lined up like obedient soldiers following the Chromatic and thickness rules. Now it's been seven weeks!Everything seems to have found a sort of breathe-in state, neither desolate/barren, nor calm. There is a void that hangs over my head like a distorted bubble. I tried to keep everyone happy and active being more preoccupied about

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  • 2nd Connection Erasmus+... 260

    A few years ago my New year's resolution was to jump at opportunities, to grab them and hold them close as if they were beloved children. I can't remember if I did that then, but this year I remembered that when I was, ALLL of a sudden, asked whether I'd like to go to Turkey. The departure was scheduled in two days time and I barely had the time to process the thing. Yet, with a sort of problem solving mood on I managed to find substitute teachers for my classes, packed lots of green and blue clothes and gone I was. Took" before" photos in the huge inter-spatial like new Istanbul airport and enjoyed a week of sun, blue skies, gentle crashing waves with 3 of my colleagues. Also, attended unbelievably long training courses, met new interesting people and did our share of tiring/ fun activities. We didn't take an "after" photo in the airport. We were beaten, with drowsy eyes and in a haste. But lucky. Once back the pandemia spread. The

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  • Christmas 2019... 271

      Christmas should go beyond a TV commercial to...ehm...Coca Cola where people are artificially happy, gathered around an abundant dinner table, laughing with their pearly white teeth and looking impeccable in their holiday outfits. Yet, one would be a hypocrite to hide the fact that even if it's due to an efficient marketing strategy which imbedded in our brain this dopamine triggering image or simply due to the neverending quest to find happiness, we all, secretly, want that. We want people to spend time with, people to laugh with, g

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  • Afine... 262

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  • Berlinul in Noiembrie... 273

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  • Budapesta in trei prieteni... 269

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  • The end of a German summer... 271

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  • Autumn joy... 265

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  • Gardens of Heaven. Afternoon in Postdam... 263

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  • A lesson of style... 251

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  • Germany: 23-28June 2019... 269

    Little wonders.  As people grow up they grow out of fairytales.  The fairytales that we are told when we are little as supposed to teach us about notions as courage, sacrifice, love, but not all of them are empowering for both genres. Princesses are supposed to wait for the arrival of a brave knight and often are portrayed as being fragile, naive or even asleep (just think of Snow White and the Sleeping Beauty). The incumbent idea of salvation/rescue makes them weak, passive. The greatest gift they possess is their beauty. It is true, nonetheless, that in recent years a new prototype of young girl/woman began to be seen more frequently in Disney productions for example. But it is only a budding concept. What I appreciate in a fairytale is thus, not the feminine portrayal of the main character, but the sense of wonder and magic and the idea of everlasting love.

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  • Hai cu mine... 258

    Hai cu mine unde cresc flori de munte, in gradina Carpatilor unduiosi si seniniunde capete-nalte de brazi pot ascundetoate tainele lumii, deplin.Hai cu mine unde cresc flori de munte,Paducelul e-nfloare... Si ninsel acopera ierburi suave cu umbre de mieresi imparte stingher buchetele de spini.Hai cu mine unde pietre si nori se sarutaunde muschi ne conduc clandestinspre un varf iluzoriu, iubiteunde raiul mijeste putin.

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  • Barcelona 3-10 February... 246

    A not long time ago, when I was reading the new Murakami book, Killing Commendatore, I've met an expression I liked. Well, meeting an expression would be closely similar to meeting an Idea or a Metaphor, in an embodied form that is, and thus in close vicinity to the subject of the book itself. Nevertheless, before I make things sound even more complicated, the expression I've met is The wisp of a cloud. Now how is that related to my holiday? Time flies or flows, God knows, and things that seem tangible and present become indiscernible in the labyrinth of memory. It is not that I forgot, although Ab. made e detailed plan of our journey. He has the gift to recall each day with its minute details and if days were a line of well-trained and obedient soldiers. To me, the days are wisps of clouds, and what I recall is fulgurant sensations, smells, vegetal details, shadows, and feelings. I remember

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  • Israel 29august-3 septembrie 2018... 251

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  • Imperfect... 252

    Ca un peşte pe care-l pierzi printre degete El era. Unduiri de ape tȃrzii, melancolice El era. O corabie iluzorie, Ceaţă pȃcloasă, anotimp umed El era. Ca un joc de-a baba oarba pe care nu ai cum sa-l cȃştigi  Ca  un nisip mişcator, ca un nisip de clepsidră Ȋnduioşător el. Era.

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