Mandik 2020+

or always backwards in the train Nobody has explained to me so far why the things happen in a reversed order. When I looked for my first job, I got it because I knew a few sentences in Spanish. However, I started learning Spanish seriously only when I got this job. I had Spanish at…

I would like to lay on a beach one day. There would be only ocean or sea around me. The sand would be as hot as my mother’s pies when she takes them from the oven. There will be palm trees around. I would lay on the white sand without a blanket. I would enjoy…

Until the New Year’s Eve 2018, my only worry of the last day of the year was to prepare a more festive menu, some canapes or a desert to take away. We usually went to see some friends, sit down for a while, chat, play a guitar. Nothing dramatic, just a usual New Year’s Eve-with…

„What smells so badly here? “says one. „This is frantisek “, I reply. „When he came? “says the other. I see that I have to explain traditions so they would understand that Frantisek is not a neighbour but frankincense that censes the house. I have decorated the house a while ago. I needed lights and…

It took me one year to get here. Nevertheless, I am here. This place is beautiful and you have chosen it. I have your picture with me. First, Montreaux, than Gstaad. One night, a romantic trip. How everything have changed. We did not go together. I told them in the hotel that instead of a…

I did not think about writing this week. However, my friend who is translating my short stories into English asked me about my article. It pushed me and snapped out of lethargy. As I said, I did not think about writing. It is a Christmas time that is nice. I did not want to spoil…

It is set in stone now. I am fifty. As the old fifty cents disappeared from the wallets of Czechoslovaks, my fifty has set on the road to fifty-one slowly. I was scared. I remember vividly a Petr’s fifty years’ birthday party. It was so nice, lovely, happy. Everyone enjoyed it. Nobody had a clue…

As a child, I went sometimes to a cemetery, where my mum’s and dad’s parents are resting. I was crossing women in scarfs or bareheaded with something in their hands. I did not understand much, I just observed.  Old grannies carrying something. They did not come together. Each came on its own to a different…

I do not know how you feel about it but I like to live with books. They accompany me since my childhood, surely due to my dad Pavel. There were always books in my parents’ place. My mom was sometimes upset about books being everywhere and taking place of other important things. Since the room…

I have a friend. She is great. She is living in Switzerland. She followed her husband who’s dream was to work for CERN. My friend is an architect. She is very skilled. After arrival to Switzerland she worked in a prestigious studio that she left to devote her time to something even more prestigious, such…