Author and Scholar
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Rescuing Strangers is a 70,000-word, yet to be published, novel that follows a search-and-rescue volunteer as she embarks on a journey to her native land and learns to stand on her own after years of being tied to a controlling man.
My first name is Atanas, and it means “immortal.” But is immortality possible?
We drive up Trollstigen, or Troll’s Road, peek into the Norwegian wood, and learn what happens when a large rock falls into a fjord.
GASK, the Central Bohemian Art Gallery is a remarkably good art museum for a small city like Kutna Hora. It’s campus is next to the famous cathedral. I spent 15 min in the cathedral and more than 3 hours in the art museum, including some time in the garden and the coffee shop. The artwork […]
This museum offers an introduction to Vigeland’s art and craft. Visiting the museum first and then the Vigeland Sculpture park is more rewarding than visiting that park alone.
Existential dread (or if you will – the fear of death) and love coexisted in the heart of the Edvard Munch. This museum offers a comprehensive representation of his art.
Why is there life?
Why is there matter?
Why should there be anything?
Nobody seems to know for sure. (And we think we know a lot.)
We drive across Bulgaria from the capital Sofia to Ruse on the Danube river. It’s the heat of the summer, so we stop by and gaze at some cool fountains.
August 30, 2022, is the one-hundredth anniversary of my father’s birth. He lived 75 years and passed away in 1997. His three books continue to live.