The Cowshed

The Cowshed's in the corner
the stream runs
down the hill
the waterwheel
is turning
and grinding
at the mill

It's nice here
in the country
folk greet you
with a smile

The air is sweet
and lively
I would walk
a country mile.

Snow time plus poem

The last couple of days we have been getting light snow and this morning when I went for my run, there was around 10cm ( 4 inches ) of fresh crunchy snow on the ground, though most roads and footpaths had been cleared.
Here is today's poem;

This country is finished
George
I heard the man say
It's not like it used to be
back in the day

When people
were friendly
and gave up their seat
when streets were tidy
and children
kept neat

Our mom's
made our beds
and we played
in the street.

This country's
not finished
soon strong
it shall be

with a coming together
of you and of me.

On a snowy day

It's snowy outside so here a warm poem ;

The warm drink
is in my hand
I swallowed it down
and life is grand

It's warmth inside me
spreads throughout
and comfort
now I feel.

Starting the second third

So this is the 8th poem and so it starts the second third part of the series;

I watch the singer
sing a song
and go within myself

The tune cries out
and up I stretch
for the book
upon the shelf

The words I read
and think again
what musings
can be done

I look out through
the window
am greeted
by the Sun.

Speaks for itself

Sitting here
in my room alone
feeling quiet
and feeling at home

An inspiration
comes to me
and on the paper
I write

A book one day
it could become
I think one day
it might.


Hope you like it, enjoy the day :)

I almost forgot !

I almost forgot to post this today ;

Love is
within the heart
a love that grows
just from a spark

A love you give
without condition
a love received
with kind permission

It stays inside
an eternity
a love for you
that comes from me.

It's number 5 !

The wonder of modern technology had me receiving a video call from an old friend of mine in Australia this morning. I was looking out of the window at foggy cold conditions, while behind him were palm trees and the sounds of parrots.
Anyway here is today's poem;

Hey may I have
that pie over there?
can you tell me
what is the filling?

Will the taste
be sweet or
will it be salt?
if I eat it all
am I at fault?

For wanting that pie
over there.

Your daily poem

On a bright and sunny yet cold morning in Sarajevo. Here is today's poem;

It's the last day
of the month
a new one
tomorrow will come

There's bills to pay
so money to find
and don't forget
my run

and when that's done
and put aside
there are days
for laughter and fun.

I hope this brightens up your day too, back again tomorrow :)

Today's Poem

It was snowing when I went out for my run today, then it turned to rain and now it's snowing lightly again. So here is today's poem, the 3rd in the series;

When are we
going to town?
I want to do
some shopping

When are we
going to town?
I want to
get some tea

When are we
going to town?
I want to
see some old mates

When are we
going to town?
to get some
shopping done.

Hope you like it and remember there are more to come :)

The Second one

Today in Sarajevo it is blustery but the temperature is around 11C, so not too bad. Well as promised here is the second poem ;

My father
was a coal miner
into darkness
he would go

One day with him
to the pit I went
the mines for me
to show

The heat and dust
that I did see
on the faces
of the men

The message
did impress on me
to not go back again.

Hope you like it and stay tuned for more :).

Poems came

Yesterday while I was listening to some music I started to get some poems , this happens to me from time to time they just come in ones, two's and threes, but these just kept coming and over about a 3 hour period I had 21 poems. Then they just stopped. It is the most poems I have received in one session and I have decided to title the series One Day. So over the next 3 weeks I will post 1 poem each day. Here is the first.

Rain runs
down the window
Rain drips
on the tin

Rain stays
outside of the weather

Rain no
you are not
getting in!

By the way I am dedicating this series One Day to my Father.

England and back part 2

So I took a day or so to recover from my trip and to adjust to the warmer rainy conditions, going for my regular run helped.
Then it was Christmas shopping. I also got a power cord for my laptop that was compatible for the UK. I went with my nephew and we stopped in to see one of his friends and we decided that we would all go to see the Hobbit film on the weekend. On Sunday we went and I enjoyed it, oh and yeah I got to watch a lot of football over the weekend.
Christmas was the usual family gathering, though it was slightly delayed since my brother in-law had to work, but he did manage to get away so that we could all open our presents together.
It seemed like it was going to rain everyday I was in the UK, but at least it wasn't as cold as in Sarajevo.

To England and back part 1

So on December 19 2012 I, for the first time in a while, took a flight on a major airline to the UK. My flight from Sarajevo on Austrian airlines to Vienna was a little late leaving but arrived on time, the connecting flight to London was also a little late leaving, but we were told we should arrive on time. We were about 20 minutes late because when we got there we were put in a holding pattern. I managed to quickly get an Underground train to Euston Station and as luck would have it got a ticket for a train to Stafford leaving in 15 minutes. I got to my sister's house at around 11pm, I had left my flat in Sarajevo at around 1pm ( 12 noon UK time ) so I had gone door to door in 11hours, which I was quite happy with.

Snow time

For the last few days it has been raining in Sarajevo and the river has been a little higher. Well today it is snowing. We had a light snow a month or so ago, but this time it looks a bit more serious and they say it will continue to snow for a couple of days. Apart from a short break in the UK over Christmas, this will be my first winter in Sarajevo

Birthday

Today I am celebrating my Birthday in the fourth different country in my short lifetime. I have mostly celebrated them in either the UK or the USA. The previous 3 times have been in Slovenia and for the first time I am celebrating it in Bosnia. It is snowing out there so I am having a white Birthday 2 weeks before Christmas. Tomorrow I get to go to a carol service which I have not been to for a few years now so it should be fun and in just over a week I fly to the UK to spend the holidays with my sister and family. I am just 1 year away from a milestone and must say I have an interesting and enjoyable life.

Internet experience

So I got this cheap internet provider in Sarajevo when I moved into my place in August. Everything was going well until I went make my monthly payment at the beginning of November at the post office. About 2 hours later my internet went off, at first we thought that maybe the payment was late and we would have to call the company to get it turned back on. However they didn't answer the phone and when my friend eventually went to their office no one. So now I decided to sign up with a bigger company, but they say they are busy and it would take 15 days to install, so I am waiting. In the meantime the restaurant across the street has wifi and I went there and ate pizza and got their password so I am using their internet for now. Plus I can use it at work, which is what I am doing now. Things work a little differently than in New York, but you have to figure your way around it :)

Peace Tree

Last Tuesday I took an overnight bus to Ljubljana to complete a project I had started about 7 months ago before I left for Bosnia. On October 11 there was a ceremony to dedicate a Peace tree on the Green ring which is a walking and running path around the city. During WWII it was a fence constructed by the Italians to prevent supplies coming into the besieged city.In 1990 a former mayor Nusa Kerseven had the idea to plant trees around the ring. Earlier in the year I went for a run on the ring and noticed some trees had plaques dedicating them to people or organizations like sport clubs and such. I thought it would be a great idea to dedicate a Peace tree and this led me to meet Ms Kerseven, who I discovered has a golden heart. It was decided to dedicate a tree on October 11 a Sri Chinmoy Peace Tree on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of his passing. The project grew and by the time we came to the ceremony we had 16 children from a local school running with the World Harmony Run torch, a well known radio presenter a well known Slovenian actress and the Mayor of Ljubljana who was able to take 20 minutes from his very busy schedule to help me place soil around the tree and say a few words of support. If you are ever in Ljubljana and would like to visit the tree to take a moment of Peace it is near the 31km mark on the green ring near the start/finish markers at Dolgi Most.

 

Fall

OK it's been a few weeks since my last post. Here in Sarajevo the weather has gone through a few changes, cold to warm to cold again. We have had some rain and as a result mushroom hunting and picking has become quite popular here. I have been picking and eating for breakfast Cep or Porcini mushrooms which are the current ones to be had.
I will be going to Slovenia tomorrow for a week and should during that time have a meeting with my publisher. Hopefully we are getting close to the publication of the book, which is slated to come out in 4 or 5 languages. So will let you know what happened in my next post.

Four Months

I have now been in Bosnia, specifically Sarajevo for 4 months and my experience is quite different than when I left New York for Slovenia. I started working almost immediately and it has been intense at times. I have just recently begun to realize that the city air is quite polluted and at times I have a little bronchial problem, but fortunately my work takes me up into clean mountain air and that helps. After a dry hot summer we have started to get rain and cooler temperatures and I have to adjust to that. Well we will see what the months ahead have in store.

Rain

We finally got some rain here in Sarajevo. It started last night and went on into this morning, stopping just before I went out for my run. The temperature is a little cooler as a result, but the Sun is once again shining.There is supposed to be more later today and tomorrow. Personally I am a little selfish because I am happy the the plants up in Eco Futura will finally get a real drink of water instead of the few watering can's I have been giving them.