Post Views: 109 “Only one thing we have to fear, and that is fear itself,” are the words spoken by American President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his inaugural address on March 4, 1933, when he took office as President of the United States. This quote, along with many others, is engraved in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, located in Washington, […]
Post Views: 25 Even if it means living the same day twice,” were the last lines I wrote at the conclusion of the first chapter of this adventure. I’m now in the 30th hour of September 25th, sitting across from the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill. I have yet to see Washington in the daylight, as we arrived at 7:00 […]
Post Views: 26 I’m packing my suitcase for my first trip to America, and I’m also warpping a gift for Helena, a woman who turned 84 today. Even though I’ve never met her, through the few emails we exchanged, she feels like someone I’ve known for a long time. Finding a gift for her was not easy since I know […]
Post Views: 111 Po përgatis valixhet për udhëtimin tim të parë në Amerikë dhe po paketoj një dhuratë për Helenën, një grua që sot mbushi plot 84 vjet. Edhe pse nuk e kam takuar kurrë, përmes atyre pak emaileve që kemi shkëmbyer, ajo më duket si dikush që e njoh prej kohësh. Përgatitja e dhuratës nuk është e lehtë, sepse […]
Post Views: 24 Nëse ti nuk më sheh, Nuk dua që As ata, Të tjerët, Të parëndësishmit, Të ngulin sytë mbi mua. Ata, Që të gjithë, nuk mund të vërejnë asgjë, Asgjë prej gjeje, As shpirtin e përndjekur, As unin tim, Madje as shkëndijat e çdo gjejë, Jo, Nuk mund t’i shohin, Ato nuk janë aty. Nëse ti nuk flet, […]