The winter had been long and fierce at times. Emma and Franz had been busy preparing for spring and had not paid much attention to anything else, their work was laid out for them, clothing had to be mended, tools to be repaired. Max the old dog went to the door and started barking, how did he know that spring had arrived! Flock of birds soared through the air. Most of the snow had melted, small white flowers peaked through…..
Emma and Franz had been busy preparing for spring. It had been a harsh winter with snow storms, gusts of wind creating snowdrifts around the house. The sunny days started to tame the winter, Emma and Franz felt that the turmoil in their life also had subsided, there was happiness and contentment in air, happiness that developed in trust and tenderness. From the long and beautiful icicles, which almost reached the window sill, crystal clear drops fell on the…..
Franz had started to weave baskets, large enough for harvesting apples next fall. The orchards were slumbering under the thick layer of snow, only some larger branches still sticking out and swaying in a slight breeze. The heavy snowfall had turned all around into a winter wonderland. Emma kept busy knitting socks, mending torn clothing and preparing meals. They both appreciated the harmonious existence between them, the tenderness and understanding, they never engaged in questioning each other, just accepted as…..
Emma saw a man coming toward the house. It had turned dark and she could not see who it was before he was standing next to her, it turned out to be her farm-hand, he had forgotten to pick up his days pay. Franz was lying lifeless on the path. For a moment they both were standing dumbstruck in silence weighing their choices what to do, how to carry Franz in the house. It was a moonless night. Mist started to…..
1944, Europe was going through harrowing ordeals. I was too young to fully comprehend the reason for that enormous chaos that we were caught in the middle. Being a witness to the war machines destroying everything in sight, killing people for no obvious reason, only because they were there at the wrong time and place, when men in uniforms, either for their last of killing or panicked under such undesirable circumstance, went out of control. Every day and night all…..