Posts Tagged: Eastern Europe

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Ye Pirate’s Weekly Friday Gripe & Rant…GRRR!

Imran Khan, the Pakistani cricketer turned politician, has been stopped by US immigration officials and questioned about his views on US drone strikes in his country, party officials have said. Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice party (PTI), has campaigned vociferously for

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Ye Pirate’s Weekly Friday Gripe & Rant…GRRR!

Imran Khan, the Pakistani cricketer turned politician, has been stopped by US immigration officials and questioned about his views on US drone strikes in his country, party officials have said. Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice party (PTI), has campaigned vociferously for

Românii și WordPress: Or How Blogging Is The New Train Station

For a while now I have had a growing conviction that per capita there are more Romanians using WordPress than in any other country. The conviction became research, and gave me cause for going through posts by all different bloggers

Românii și WordPress: Or How Blogging Is The New Train Station

For a while now I have had a growing conviction that per capita there are more Romanians using WordPress than in any other country. The conviction became research, and gave me cause for going through posts by all different bloggers

One Night In Eastern Hungary, A Few Years Ago…

Trifecta Writing Challenge Between 33 and 333 words, prompt word to use is ‘intention‘ -and must be used exactly as is, by its 3rd definition (see Trifecta). My word count is 330w. Check the Trifecta site for other stories! _______________________________________________________________________

One Night In Eastern Hungary, A Few Years Ago…

Trifecta Writing Challenge Between 33 and 333 words, prompt word to use is ‘intention‘ -and must be used exactly as is, by its 3rd definition (see Trifecta). My word count is 330w. Check the Trifecta site for other stories! _______________________________________________________________________

Picture It & Write ~ The Addiction

God what she could have become, who she could have been. I still have that photo of her. The first I took, with her brother and sister. I love it. There she is, at the edge of a forest on

Picture It & Write ~ The Addiction

God what she could have become, who she could have been. I still have that photo of her. The first I took, with her brother and sister. I love it. There she is, at the edge of a forest on

Carpe Diem Haiku ~ Yesterday

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be…but today’s prompt is Yesterday, so I will give it a go. Some of the haiku below are taken from real concrete situations of mine, so have meanings that though transferable, have been personal

Carpe Diem Haiku ~ Yesterday

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be…but today’s prompt is Yesterday, so I will give it a go. Some of the haiku below are taken from real concrete situations of mine, so have meanings that though transferable, have been personal

Carpe Diem Daily Haiku } Cold Crow

cold crow laughs at the rain seeks a cross made to perch on dreams of eyes to pluck ಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆ ‘crow’ you bird from hell the food chain would not notice if I got

Carpe Diem Daily Haiku } Cold Crow

cold crow laughs at the rain seeks a cross made to perch on dreams of eyes to pluck ಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆಶೀತ ಕಾಗೆ ‘crow’ you bird from hell the food chain would not notice if I got

Siberian Haiku

yakutian sun saw napolean pass through here not only footprints left

Siberian Haiku

yakutian sun saw napolean pass through here not only footprints left

Bunkers on the Border

There have been many borders in my way as I made my next tentative steps in one direction or another. Each one usually presented some difficulties, and none were without their story to tell. For a while Switzerland was the

Bunkers on the Border

There have been many borders in my way as I made my next tentative steps in one direction or another. Each one usually presented some difficulties, and none were without their story to tell. For a while Switzerland was the

Friday Fictioneers ~ 100 Word Story: No Place Fer Witches…

”I’m tellin’ ye, it says ‘witches to the right’!” ”I says nuthin’, jis a sign.” ”You tellin’ me I don’t know my Transylvania?” ”Ain’t tellin’ you nuthin’, we came allaway here to photo some real live vampire, why would there

Friday Fictioneers ~ 100 Word Story: No Place Fer Witches…

”I’m tellin’ ye, it says ‘witches to the right’!” ”I says nuthin’, jis a sign.” ”You tellin’ me I don’t know my Transylvania?” ”Ain’t tellin’ you nuthin’, we came allaway here to photo some real live vampire, why would there

Autumn, a Haiku

autumn                you                         vampire                                    

Autumn, a Haiku

autumn                you                         vampire                                    

Gone but not Forgotten: Türkmenbaşy, Dictator Exemplaire!

They don’t make ‘em like that anymore, and I for one sorely miss him, the Great leader of Turkmenistan! What? You think it is the same as Turkey? Blasphemiser you!! Türkmenbaşy – father of Turkmens…(”bacy” pronounced the same, with a ”tch”

Gone but not Forgotten: Türkmenbaşy, Dictator Exemplaire!

They don’t make ‘em like that anymore, and I for one sorely miss him, the Great leader of Turkmenistan! What? You think it is the same as Turkey? Blasphemiser you!! Türkmenbaşy – father of Turkmens…(”bacy” pronounced the same, with a ”tch”

A Writer’s Lair: Starý Smokovec

Despite an ex-boxer prime minister who arranged to have the country’s president’s son kidnapped, beaten up, and dumped at the border, Slovakia was one of  my favourite destinations some 15-20 years ago. More particularly, Starý Smokovec, in the Tatra mountains. Slovakia was a

A Writer’s Lair: Starý Smokovec

Despite an ex-boxer prime minister who arranged to have the country’s president’s son kidnapped, beaten up, and dumped at the border, Slovakia was one of  my favourite destinations some 15-20 years ago. More particularly, Starý Smokovec, in the Tatra mountains. Slovakia was a