by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 14, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Writerly stuff
God, I hate the term ‘bucket list’. In terms of annoying things people say, ‘bucket list’ is right up there with the likes of ‘nom’ and ‘cheer up love, it might never happen’. But I fully embrace the idea of a bucket list. Something about this time of year always gets...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 9, 2016 | Bulgarian life
Party essentials, apparently. Every now and then Bulgaria rises up and slaps me in the face (figuratively speaking) with a reminder of just how different life is here. Like whenever I see our neighbour riding his donkey past our window. Or that time a dear...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 30, 2016 | Bulgarian life
Crumbs, it’s the end of August. Where did that go? It’s been a lean month in terms of exciting Auntie Bulgaria news, as I will now demonstrate: Birthday Weekend (because one day isn’t enough). Oh, how I love Birthday Weekend. I’m not much of a diva in terms of...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 8, 2016 | Food & recipes, Gardening bore
When I was a student, I read a play called Blue Kettle. I don’t remember much about it except the words ‘blue’ and ‘kettle’ began to randomly replace other words in the dialogue until, by the end of the play, ‘blue’ and ‘kettle’ were the only words left. Literally...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jul 26, 2016 | Bulgarian life
I’ve never really been one for acting my age. I like Twilight. I use words like ‘totes’ and ‘awesome’ in a non-ironic sense. I only own two hand towels (and both have seen better days). Last night I ate a bowl of cookie dough for dinner.* But even I was apprehensive...
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