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Archive December 2012
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
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Zlatko Anguelov The feast is over. A kitchen full of dirty dishes and pots, empty cans and bottles. Enthusiasm to do anything is at a level much lower than yesterday. My beloved daughter’s flight to Palo Alto is in the afternoon. My dear son’s flight to Montreal is tomorrow at noon. My loving daughter and […]
Friday, December 28, 2012
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Zlatko Anguelov The house is full of people, and the mood is celebratory. I’m baking a turkey for dinner (see recipe at the end). I have to leave the crowd to be able to sit at my computer and type my diary. Well, I’m sipping a Manhattan: four measures of bourbon plus one measure of […]
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
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Zlatko Anguelov When the day is dull and boring, like today, I tend to imagine past travels or dwell on expectations for the future. The immediate expectation is the arrival of another part of our big family, from Milwaukee, WI. As if we’d taken a respite from the holidays, waiting for them to reach our […]
Photo of the Day
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Dimitar Pijev: “Everything has the potential to become art sooner or later, or a material for art”
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Jamsina Tacheva Talks with Dimitar Pijev Hi Dimitar, where are you right now and would you mind introducing yourself – what should the readers know about you before they continue reading this interview? Your quesitons are finding me in the frost-bound Sofia. I just finished reading one of the most exciting and moving novels I’ve […]
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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Zlatko Anguelov Today, a heavy blizzard is moving through Indiana and Ohio heading up to the North-East. In Iowa City it’s bitterly cold, although the temperatures are not lower than -5 C. A hot bean soup for lunch invigorated our bodies, but not for long. I went out to buy some Bochner chocolate and a […]
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
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Zlatko Anguelov Strangely, I like the faces of comedians, but I rarely choose to see comic films. Comedians always look smart with their sardonic smile, behind which sits a pair of super intelligent eyes. They look at you as if they know everything about the world … and about you. The thing is they actually […]
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Monday, December 24, 2012
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Zlatko Anguelov Grey suits this day best. It wraps up the sky around our home, making the house that is lit up from inside intimate and cozy. Grey makes nature silent. I remember back in Bulgaria, where I used to live in a house in downtown Varna with my grandma, the cloudy sky on that […]
Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas
December 25, 2012 by · 1 comment
Photo: kelp1966 Public Republic wishes you a Blessed Christmas – may the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow! Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will […]
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
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Zlatko Anguelov At 5:30 am, Iowa City was dark and cold, but I had my morning tea in the warmth of our home. Two of our kids have come for the holidays: our son from Montreal, Canada and our daughter from Palo Alto, CA. I can’t be happier! While they were still in their warm […]
Artist of the Week — SPIRITWO
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Maja Jankowska talks with the Members of SPIRITWO Tell us a bit about the kind of music you play. The music we play is an amalgamation of Alternative Pop/Rock, blending with other musical aesthetics, such as Electronic Cabaret, Heavy Metal, and sometimes Prog or Arabesque flavor…!! Tell us a bit about your band and its […]
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Go through the Portals of Your Own Self
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Only a few days remain until December 31st, 2012 – the deadline of the essay contest “PORTALS” created by the artist ViKtor Mazhlekov . This intriguing challenge is part of an even larger project of the same name which combines Mazhlekov’s exhibition of 13 paintings, an animated film inspired by them, and the contest itself. […]
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