Tome Thursday: Tre Volte No

Hello everyone!

I have something slightly different for you today.

After taking it up a notch with my Tuesday blog post, I'm going in and keeping it extra real with this one tonight, because every once in a while I reach for a book that's slightly different from anything else I've read.

It also usually covers some sort of war aspect, too.

I've done a couple of these on the blog since I started, but I do feel like I should maybe do a few more as well, given that this is a topic that should never be forgotten, ever.

And one of the best ways to do it is if you know specific authors who write magnificent books about it.

Boris Pahor, one of my fellow countrymen, is one of them.

God bless him for his long, fruitful life. He has a collection of books mostly dealing with World War II era in the Trieste region, and I've read a number of them already.

Tre Volte No is just another in a long, long line.

Saturday Snippet: PyeongChang Hockey

"I'm starting to have a soft spot for this Slovenia hockey team. 

And it isn't because of the neon that I also like."

(from Twitter)

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Talkie Tuesday: Champions

What else is there to say this week?

#Champions #Eurobasket2017 

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Saturday Snippet: Sports Weekend

Hello everyone!

It's ice hockey and volleyball this weekend. Here we go!

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Saturday Snippet: Peter Prevc

As an upbeat to the rather sad week this has been, my country once again stood at the highest position after our ski jumper won today! No other words are necessary, I believe!

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Saturday Snippet

Hello everyone!

So yesterday was national Miner's day here in my country, and there was the annual parade through the city (which I missed, unfortunately)!

It's a lovely tradition of accepting new miners into the ranks by having them walk through town in uniform to the stadium and then jump across a "skin" (which was once used by miners to sit on as they slid down into the mines) and thus become part of the larger group.

The red carnation is the flower miners wear on their uniform as they march.

And, as we say here,

srečno!

xx

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