Posts Tagged: Yakutia

Yakutia ~ Somewhere in Siberia

The Yakut winter wind polishes its gleaming nature The river shines, hard in a multitude of mirrors While the soft snow settles, caressing the landscape Shamans, in yurts, teepees, chant their song Resounding rhythm flowing, to the drum Echoes tapped across

Yakutia ~ Somewhere in Siberia

The Yakut winter wind polishes its gleaming nature The river shines, hard in a multitude of mirrors While the soft snow settles, caressing the landscape Shamans, in yurts, teepees, chant their song Resounding rhythm flowing, to the drum Echoes tapped across

Where Is She Now?

Where is she now? The girl whose picture I found? Posing just after the last snow Fresh, in  her Yakutian meadow ~*~ What were her dreams, back then? Among the flowers that only bloom in Spring? When she posed so

Where Is She Now?

Where is she now? The girl whose picture I found? Posing just after the last snow Fresh, in  her Yakutian meadow ~*~ What were her dreams, back then? Among the flowers that only bloom in Spring? When she posed so

A Writer’s Lair ~ Oymyakon -71.2ºC

In order to write my first book I decided to live in Chamonix, France, next to the Mont Blanc, highest mountain in Western Europe. I worked as a mountain refuge warden there for a while, at some 2,000 metres altitude,

A Writer’s Lair ~ Oymyakon -71.2ºC

In order to write my first book I decided to live in Chamonix, France, next to the Mont Blanc, highest mountain in Western Europe. I worked as a mountain refuge warden there for a while, at some 2,000 metres altitude,