Hear the music as “A Pantoum for Africa” is my second poem accepted in the prestigious AVBOB Poetry Competition.
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November Stories, Brumar, the Frosty Month
Let’s celebrate with stories this month of November, nicknamed Brumar in Romanian, the Frosty Month. I think it’s often overlooked in our anticipation of Saint Nicholas and the rush for evergreen trees and towards Christmas, the hope of another New Year.
There are a few stories I’d like to share with you this November.
Continue reading “November Stories, Brumar, the Frosty Month”The Wooden Doors of Merensky Library, Designed Like an Open Book
Marveling at the wooden doors of Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, a building designed like an open book, seems the perfect entertainment after hearing of my Author of the Month nomination and reading about Sumedru’s Fires, a Romanian Autumn tradition.
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Sumedru’s Sacred Fires mark the beginning of pastoral winter and you can see them dancing in the heart of the night if you travel through the southwest of Romania, namely Oltenia or western Wallachia.
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Discover this October an old spider tale from Romanian folklore that crawled here from an ancient book by Tudor Pamfile, a 19th-century Romanian writer and folklorist.
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