Pi Door, a Pilish Poem for Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2023

Pi Door is my pilish style poem written for the Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2023, inspired by an Art Deco glass door I spotted in Bucharest.

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The Medieval and Legendary Small Square of Sibiu

Small Square Sibiu view to Council Tower, Turnul Sfatului at night

I met the medieval, legendary, and quaint Small Square at night time, in the Citadel of Sibiu. Once part of the medieval city walls and of the second fortification of Sibiu, Hermannstadt, (built after the Mongol invasion), today it’s quiet, keeping to the shadows, taking shelter behind its many archways. The picturesque Small Square looks shy of new visitors. But as my footsteps echoed on its cobblestones, its fabulous history came alive in front of my eyes.

03/04/202303/04/2023

7 Books That Make Great Reads at Easter Time

medieval woman engrossed in reading a thick book

Discover new reads among these 7 books that make great choices for an Easter time hunt. The books listed here, novels and non-fiction, thrillers and short stories, offer different perspectives on the themes of redemption, faith, forgiveness, or traditional values. They also address cultural heritage and love, that are central to the Easter holiday.

I hope you will discover one, if not more books that will prove a great read at Easter time and that will provide you with a meaningful and thought-provoking way to reflect on the significance of the season, and to feel renewed by exploring, perhaps, novel yet still deeper themes and ideas.

30/03/202308/10/2023

The Secret Shoemakers Passage, Pasajul Pantofarilor, Sibiu

I’ll show you where to look to discover the concealed Shoemakers Passage, Pasajul Pantofarilor, like a secret legend connecting early medieval Huet Square with the quaint Small Square in Sibiu.

17/03/202308/10/2023

Old Targului Street Sibiu Day-Night Walk Photos and a Medieval Story

As we wandered on the thousand years old Targului Street in Sibiu and snapped both eerie and cheerful photos I imagined how life must have been like for the Saxons who built the first wooden houses here during Medieval Era and wrote a story.

Sibiu started, as did our journey on my blog, on a small piece of land: Huet Square, Goldsmiths’ Square, and Targului Street.

With this blog post I join the beautiful & world-wide Thursday Doors weekly challenge hosted by Dan Antion, do have a look. Dan also read one of my poetry books about dogs, and I am grateful to him for sharing his candid thoughts.