We often hear Christian arguments being mingled with nationalistic rhetorics in current political debates. In the following article, Ineta Lansdovne, as a Latvian who grew up in the Soviet Union, expresses her personal views on the question. From peaceroads.com Sitting…
I love browsing through my grandmother’s photo albums, especially, searching for visual glimpses of her life before or during World War II, before and during the Soviet, then Nazi and then again Soviet regime. There are not many photos to…
Why call it ‘surreal’ when it is very real and even dear to millions of people? It continues to look and feel surreal to me ‘on the outside looking in’ or ‘looking over the neighbor’s fence’. Metaphorically speaking. This week…
In January you expect a real winter in Latvia. Icy sidewalks, snow piles, slush, messy driving… this time of the year I walk the streets of Riga watching every step and practicing good balance. Compared to millions of people currently…
It is time for New Year’s resolutions and I will confess… I usually don’t make them. I am not good at keeping promises to myself because most of my time and energy is spent trying to keep promises to others…
