Question from a reader: I want to know if this only happens to me. Am I the only one who comes across men who...
Olivera Andonoska
Olivera believes that every human being has superpowers, of which empathy and self-awareness are the most important. She doesn't underestimate everyone's potential to change the world, and as a teacher, she thinks that education plays a crucial role in that change. She is passionate about writing, from children's picture books to screenplays. This year's resolution: to challenge herself more.
Readers’ question: I wonder how to get across my problem. Nonetheless, I won’t beat around the bush, and I will talk openly. Here’s the...
Social media reminded me that exactly 11 years ago, on October 4, I attended one of the most beautiful concerts in my life (Spodek...
20 Must-Hear Male Artists Good For Your Soul
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Once I asked a friend who was going through a difficult time what helped him the most. “Music,” he told me. “Only music.” Music...
Mila and Milli decided to paint their apartment themselves. In fact, that was Milli’s decision. Mila wanted to hire a professional painter, but Milli...
Miss Simone, you are idolized, even loved, by millions now. But what happened, Miss Simone? – Maya Angelou This is the opening question of...
Music! Music is sociable; it is volatile: she gets together with the words, and a song happens. She provokes the moves while we’re dancing....
It’s Hard To Write About A Woman Leaving Her Children, Right? Not If the Writer Is Alice Munro!
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(About the short story Children Stay) Alice Munro deals with the big topics like love, death, passion, infidelity, disappointment in all their forms, but...
September is a deep cleaning month. Before the beginning of the winter, it’s nice to tidy up the house, rearrange the clothes, throw out...
“It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the...
I worship words, especially when they are unspoken because then they resonate louder. Through silence, not as an absence of dialogue but as an...
Last month I met an old friend of mine. She is an entrepreneur, a brilliant woman, one of a kind. I believe she would...
We’ve all seen so many slogans telling us: don’t give up, you’re not alone, you matter! Media and mental health workers are all trying...
(A Letter to E. M. Forster) Dear Edward Morgan Forster, I recently read your novel Maurice, although it was published posthumously in 1971 (one...
There is this unbelievably wonderful and, at the same time, a significant project by Sophia Wallace, an American conceptual artist and photographer called Cliteracy....
After a pretty stressful week which is finally coming to an end, I wanted to relax with a movie or TV show. Netflix is...
Childhood is often idealized. Carefree is the synonym almost everybody uses when they are trying to describe this period of life. Coming from a...
How Logging Turns Into Genocide or A Reminder of Easter Island During An Attempt For Picnic?
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It’s a beautiful day. Sunny and pleasant. One of those last days of August when the sun loses its power and becomes meek and...
Are we corrupting the youth if we say that the marriage should last while it works for both partners, or are we sending the...
In Greek mythology, Euphrosyne is the Goddess of Happiness, cheer, and tremendous joy. Her parentage is uncertain, but in some accounts, she was a...
“…do not hurry the journey at all.” But I’m in a hurry; I don’t have the time, I tell *Cavafy as I interrupt his...
My daughter’s battery-operated shark was spinning in circles, glowing in thousands of colors, ruthlessly screaming with a mix of several ear-piercing songs, distracting me...