Why green Slovenia isn’t Green?

During the weekend I watched Krzysztof Kieślowski’s trilogy, Three Colors, once again. It got me thinking of colours and politics. According to Wikipedia Mr. Kieślowski’s films’s blue, white, and red refer to the French flags colours. The story of each film is loosely based on one of the three political ideals in the motto of…

Living the slow moments

It’s been a week on the mountains. Time to write about slow. Since that’s what this is. Slow. Quiet. Still. We put fire on the fireplace and the kitchen stove. We feed the animals, cook for ourselves, bring more wood in. We play with the baby, carry her around, read books with her, put her…

The difficulty of choice

On Monday this week we packed the whole family in our Land Rover Defender, and drove about 600 kilometers (approx 370 miles) from Ljubljana, Slovenia to Sarajevo, Bosnia. It’s the second time we’re here in less than a month. As I sat on the front seat in Ljubljana, knowing we’ll be driving for several hours,…

Miracle makers

I’ve been interested in living green for years. But it took this project to fully commit to the change. – If you don’t need it, somebody else might! – Reading about climate change or global warming subjects can be overwhelming. I’ve experienced moments of despair. I’ve thought it’s too late already, or that it doesn’t…

Sarajevo weather

We’ve been in Bosnia, my husband’s home country now just over a week, visiting my mother-in-law, and joining in on the family celebrations of slava. During our stay I’ve been taking time to read Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers. The History and Future Impact of Climate Change. It’s fascinating, informative, funny, but to no surprise…

For the love of books – and sharing

I love books. I really enjoy holding a book, reading one, finding one for the first time. I love the feel of flipping the pages, the touch of paper, I love to read the back covers, to be in awe of the front cover design. I love to nest in an armchair, with a pile of…

Snow falling on Ljubljana

It’s a Tuesday. Snow’s falling, though it’ll not stay on the ground, not yet, in downtown Ljubljana. Today one cannot see the climate change in action. It seems like a typical December afternoon for Slovenia. Being from the North, I’m loving it, just looking at how the view is transforming, saluting the winter, welcoming the…