“Isabella” in purple

One of my favorite colors is a specific shade of purple. It’s something between violet and lavender with a drop of milk and I was so happy to find a paper that color.  Oh, I like this color all right, so much that  if I can’t keep a sweater( or two) in my closet I…

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Kaiko- a child of forgiveness

I have been saving the ” Kaiko” set since February with the intention to publish it with a favorite Japanese poem of mine. After what happened in Japan, I simply cannot. I can’t talk about Japan and pretend what happened didn’t happen. And I won’t. I  won’t pretend it didn’t affect me either. I have…

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“Paola” – to be happy when you are sad

Have you had a friend, who you got to know though a whole bunch of mysteriously coincidental circumstances that totally gave you the feeling of serendipity? For me that is my friend Polina, who I know almost 17 years now. It’s unbelievable how life( or fate) gets it’s way to separate us and then get…

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