http://carinabro.mdf.net A blog open to dialog Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:25:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I brought my parents here to visit with us and see the unseen realms of this country. They have enjoyed everything so far and appreciated things and places as being wonderful and great, but home is still better. Why is that, Mom? Dad, quickly assimilated and started to break out ... http://carinabro.mdf.net/2010/02/03/california-dreaming/ Yesterday, a guy gave me the finger. Yeah, the middle one, the one that gets erected in situations of maximum coarseness. I was peacefully driving my car in front of a store when this guy cut me off. Just like that! I honked at him because I didn’t know what ... http://carinabro.mdf.net/2010/01/11/california-another-type-of-romania/ In 2010, I resolve to look for less and find more. I resolve to stop asking questions and provide more answers. I resolve to make things better for myself and have no regrets. I resolve to just look around and...see. I resolve to smell ripe peaches and hear a saxophone ... http://carinabro.mdf.net/2009/12/31/as-the-year-winds-down/ Today I felt like I wanted to write about the American “airs”, just in case there is somebody left out there who still believes this is something you can’t find in this part of the world. Well, the American “airs” have an important percent of participation in the daily life, ... http://carinabro.mdf.net/2009/09/23/american-airs/ I went out on the patio this morning and I noticed that some of the leaves have started to turn brown. "Here comes the fall" I say to myself, and I am there waiting for that well known emotion of the last days of summer, before school started, when leaves ... http://carinabro.mdf.net/2009/09/03/the-place-where-the-fall-never-comes/ A friend has recently asked me whether I cooked here in America. I told her I did. Every now and then. But not very often. I don’t know if this makes me a modern woman or, on the contrary, throws me under the “no good housewife” category, but I know for sure that no ... http://carinabro.mdf.net/2009/08/20/romanian-food-vs-american-food/  This summer I seriously decided to take advantage of my status as the occupant of a place 10 minutes from the ocean. So far I have managed to go to the beach about 5 times. More than in other summers. I don't ride a bike there, it's hard to find a place to ... http://carinabro.mdf.net/2009/08/10/at-the-seaside-or-at-the-ocean/ Day 1 At the airport in Kaua’i, we are welcomed by a pretty local girl who lays leis around our necks. I am surprised, but soon after that I find out Bebeloi ordered them in advance to surprise me, as I was disappointed the last time when we were here, because ... http://carinabro.mdf.net/2009/07/20/ten-days-in-the-state-of-aloha/ Lie to yourself Search Forgive Run Count wonders Pretend Gather Ask yourself questions with lots of question marks in the end Think Cry a tear  Smile to the night Search for yourself Ask around if anyone has seen you Feel Too much, too intense, too real Nobody has seen you In a long time Who? Appear Exist Small and mediocre  And empty And with no access  To the tale of life. http://carinabro.mdf.net/2009/03/17/answer/ What do you do when there is nothing else left to do? http://carinabro.mdf.net/2009/03/17/question/