Winter mood
For so many days she hadn’t gone out. So many days of fierce frost and bleak skies. The murky weather outside had hardly been any inspiration for freshening walks. Even the sight out the window was...
View ArticleCold retreats
And so, the cold days retreated. The weather after Christmas was surprisingly bright and warm. There was some rain, to be sure, but not for long. She started to go out again, but not for walks – it was...
View ArticleInto the New Year
Well into the New Year the weather changed again. The Eve was spring-like. Everybody was out for the fireworks of the central mansion. Splendid! Wonderful, as always! Those aristocratic neighbours knew...
View ArticleThe Grumpy Neighbour
There was an old lady living in the neighbouring mansion, a grumpy old lady whom nobody in the area liked much. Be it as it may, shortly before the winter the local doctor had diagnosed her with a...
View ArticleIn the depth of winter
Then snow began falling again. It snowed straight for three long days and nights. Temperatures plummeted, not only outside. Inside too – should you stray away from the fire for a couple of meters even,...
View ArticleVain expectations
She almost expected that one morning she would wake and look out to find the hill on fire, ablaze with the wild orange of the crocusses. She expected in vain. * Беше сигурна, че скоро ще се събуди и...
View ArticleFire on the hill
And so – it was a fact! It was here! Or, rather – there! That was real, and there, and then and, it seemed – forever! However, she knew, that forever often lasts but briefly. A sigh, a heartbeat, the...
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