Marissa and I arrived in Lisbon with two enormous bags filled with blindness. We dragged them like sacks of bones, dried and daydream-induced, powdery in an afternoon where several sunsets competed for travel manuscripts of old routes. We were lost. We can’t find our hotel in the confusion of an ancient city, washed by the … More Blindness and Bacalhau in Lisbon
Ours was a movement and elegance of sailing in the Aegean Sea of Poseidon’s realm in that spring day. Islands of legends float on this Dodecanese area where Rhodes, Leros, Kos and other islets inhabited by not more than a thousand people live. There we’d passed some small towns, smaller villages then hills barren in … More Patmos and Aegean Sea of our Weariness
“As mortals we should behave as mortals.” – Euripides, Greek playwright Among the many surprises and conveniences about modern life, learning while staring history from a safe distance is one of them. Mortality is a mordant gift. It is man’s most excellent opportunity to learn and grow. We can experience history even in the abstract as a fresh … More Delphi and the Oracle of the Present
Janacek, the bus driver from Bohemia, wanted to understand the city the way his locale grew complexities and evolved from its past. He underestimated Budapest. He tried to stay away from the nerve of this city, Andrassy Avenue. Instead, he brought us to the peripheries of this proud Hungarian city, the Queen of the Danube. With insouciance, he simply reconciled … More Unencumbered Budapest, a Memory Pursued
Poetry, Prose, Plays and Essays by Ana Daksina
"Everything we know is stardust. So don’t forget. You are stardust."
Formerly known as The Lupie Momma; Welcome to my Little Corner
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Teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg
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