KRISTINA LANG'S LETTERS & POEMS

On the road of my life there is a cyclist. My surroundings are not just an ordinary bright, In a splendour of an emotional rainbow...

When I went to Italy almost 30 years ago to do my doctorate, I stayed in a small, typically Italian, university town, Pavia. Pavia is...

A little over ten years ago, when I moved into a different group within the Department of Chemistry, I was invited by my co-workers to go...

I spent the last two days of my recent vacation in Zagreb. From the events of those two days, I would like to highlight a visit to the...

To have or to be? Over the years, Sara and I have developed a kind of routine on seaside vacations. We get up relatively early around 7-8...

When I spotted a woman in a beautiful coat at a shopping centre in Cambridge last autumn, I couldn't imagine that she would become my...

"My holiday is Croatia, what's yours?" When my daughter was little, we always went on holiday to Croatia. Not only did we miss Croatia,...

"My beauty, my goodness" English translation You've been gone for long, my memories are blurry, I close my eyes to light that path. Life...

Last weekend my friend Davorka from Croatia came to visit me. I met Davorka 38 years ago when we were in the same class for the last two...

Don’t trust me, I am a self-centred poet. I write a verse or two, to be happy and to relax. In my words you might read a lovely sonnet,...

I ask for so “little” in this world full of possessions. I dream of touching your shoulder with my forehead, I crave a little water on...

Since childhood, although very occasionally and without much continuity and studiousness, I have returned to poetry. Today I remember and...

Today, 42 years ago, Josip Broz Tito was buried in the “House of flowers” in Dedinje in Belgrade. Tito passed away on May 4th, 1980, and...

I just watched the second season of the popular American Netflix series "Bridgerton." The series is witty, fun, tense, tenderly romantic...

I have always loved refined and sophisticated British humour. Even while living in Croatia and without a vision of ever being able to...

I have found hope in my dreams for your arms, And I feel more love in every corner of our today. Bright mornings and early springs are...

Some general rules on childcare are universal, but there are segments in which I notice small differences in the upbringing of children...

At the time when Sara was still a baby, I was very eagerly waiting for the time when I could take her by the hand for a walk. That act of...

There is no right and no wrong In love, the paths are clear and pure. Something within tells us where to go But will we hear it in a...

In the early 1990s, it was terribly difficult to be a Serb in Croatia. Innocent people were harassed and harassed in various ways just...