It was a very strange year … A year at home. Like domestic animals, we had to get used to our corners, our mess, our home problems – big and small, furniture, neighbors … The option “go out and close the door behind you”, get some air, cool down, leave – it ceased to count. It was here and now.…
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CHANGES, CHANGES, MORE CHANGES
It was the beginning of the year. January. We sat at a table in the restaurant, happy to find a seat. As usually, we talked about everyday things, about who was doing what during the week. Nothing special happened in our lives, except that rumors of some kind of virus spreading quickly among the people of Wuhan reached us from…
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CHRISTMAS EXPECTATIONS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS
Each of us has some specific Christmas expectations. Most often they are related to childhood memories when we did not have to worry about anything, our favorite dishes appeared on Christmas Eve table, someone magically placed gifts under the Christmas tree, the house smelled of freshly baked cookies, the radio kept playing the Christmas songs that we knew by heart and…
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THE CITY IN BETWEEN SEASONS
It is amazing how much the same place can change depending on the time of day and the whims of the weather. This season the weather was exceptionally beautiful. The sun was reflected in the windows and glass walls of modern buildings. The world seemed magnificent, luminous, joyful. Pure gold. Every day we accumulated energy for the melancholy-rainy season approaching…
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THE FOUR TYPES OF MEN
Apparently there are four types of men: losers, users, boozers and bores. A girl can love a boozer – (Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage). She may also fall in love with the user and loser, but no girl will love the bore. Unfortunately, there are many nice, attractive boys in this category. When I asked about the types of women, he…
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LEAVING
Maybe I’ll come. You can write an SMS once you will enter a pub. Now I have to go because I’m beginning to feel sad. – See you later. – See you later. She crosses the office threshold. R220. The blue lining suppresses the clatter of pins. She passes the neighboring offices: credit, marketing, budget, coffee machine, sandwich machine, vending…