powergirl, Her Bulgarian Elegance, What a sensual heartflutter you've made... beautiful. I am walking down those streets with you, breathing it in, swallowing it down. What took me there:

"coloring the snow in pink, orange and blue"

"song of the wind playing on the wire"

"chirping kids"

"saint's icons with eyes full of patience and love"

I have never visited your homeland but feel as though I know a bit of it now, its charm and history and drama and pain. You've written a new map on my heart.

Come to San Francisco for a visit... some of what you miss resides here, at quirky corners, in old ethnically-rich neighborhoods, beneath spires and gables...

This is a tricky time of year for those far from the heart's home, for those who are melancholy by nature. Writing among friends is a powerful antidote to the pull of despair.

Blagodarya, powergirl.

Thank you Kat,

You have so good word for nostalgia-homesick.

I am simply sick. It did not hit me that bad in long time.

You are good friend

Powergirl - how long have you been away from your old home? I don't know if it gets any better with time. But you certaintly painted a wonderful picture, sensual and rich in imaagery, and the rhythm was perfectly graceful.

I have to ask you something. How did you type both the Russian and the English words at once during party night? Do you have both a Russian and an English keyboard, and just swith them with a quick change of modules? Or are they combined somehow? So puzzling.

You have many here, powergirl. Trust in that.

powergirl, a sensually appealing and moving testament to your homeland and how you feel about it.

So many great descriptions!

Thank you for sharing the beauty of your not-so-small Bulgaria.

I was back home this summer for two weeks, so it has been not that long. It is the holidays fault. I always get home sick at this time of the year. This year is worst may be because actually my family, my mother and sister live now in Norway, where my brother in low have been working for 5 years. So I don't have anyone there anymore. We are spread up all over the world.

As for typing in Russian, Bulgarian or any other language for that matter, you have it on your own computer too. It is build in Windows. You just need to add the language to you keyboard and assign key to swap the languages. For example I use Alt+Shift for cyrillic and Latin alphabets, and I use the phonetic keyboard, on this way I follow the same keys and dont have to look at it.

It is easy

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Thank you my friends, for reminding me that I am not alone here.

A beautiful tribute to a beautiful land, powergirl. Many thanks. And like Kat said...you have many, many friends here.