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Jura: Notebook Entries
Locked in without any chance of escape [Stories from Siberia]
Translated from the memoirs of Irena K Our freight train gathered speed as we left Jonava. There was a deathly silence in our carriage. Mothers tried to comfort crying children. Victoria and I re...
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Deported! ( Stories from Siberia continued.)
Stories from Siberia A continuation of the translation of Irena K's memoirs. At gunpoint my mother, my sister Victoria and I were forced to leave our cosy home in Kaunas, Lithuania. We ...
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8 day(s) ago
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Stories from Sibera continued
At the start of WW2, Lithuania was still a neutral country. Whilst my father was in charge of the prison, 2 German pilots who had flown into Lithuania by mistake, were interned there for a couple of ...
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15 day(s) ago
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Stories from Siberia
Stories from Siberia Translation from the memoirs of Irena K. Everything changed for our family in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland and the Russians established army bases all over Lithuania. ...
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Sunset
Sunset Tropical balmy breezes Caress her skin lovingly. As the trembling trees sway and rustle Whispering anxiously to each other, Fragrant frangipanis nod in agreement. Silky, sands sig...
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17 day(s) ago
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Happy Easter everyone!
Happy Easter everyone! People all over the word have different Easter traditions. I grew up speaking English and also Lithuanian which was my parents’ native language. As well as getting chocolate ...
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1 month(s) ago
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Do you relish it when you can......................?
Do you like making and eating your own jams and chutneys without any preservatives or chemicals? Here's my tomato chutney [ makes 5-6 jars] Ingredients: • 1 kg well-ripened tomatoes, roughly ...
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2 month(s) ago
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Your 2012 horoscope - just for fun
Let's have some fun predicting your 2012 horoscope. If you are honest, it will tell the truth about you. First, write your answers to the following questions on paper. 1. Which is yo...
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2 month(s) ago
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To the Prime Minister/President :
To the Prime Minister/ President: Please find below Plans A & B for fixing our country’s economy. Plan A:Instead of giving billions of dollars to banks that will squander the money on l...
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3 month(s) ago
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For all my Italki friends
"It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love." ~John Lennon
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3 month(s) ago
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Happy Birthday Shaimaa
A birthday gift for Shaimaa Successful Harmonious Aquarius Interesting Modest Amazing A mysterious woman of the 21st century! Here’s a birthday...
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4 month(s) ago
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Recipe for an Italki Cake
A Recipe for an Italki Cake First, assemble all of your ingredients. A dash of Adri, Ralph and Elisa Add two sprinkles of Sedas, Then three cups...
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4 month(s) ago
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Dear Christmas
DEAR CHRISTMAS Dear Christmas, You seem so near. Yet you tease me with your exotic aromas Wafting their way into my senses, Like a long forgotten ...
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5 month(s) ago
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Camping : There are those who love it and those who hate it
It's that time of year again- for the next 2 weeks I'll be taking my year 9 and year 12 students on their school camps before we break up for the summer holidays. This means 3 teachers driving 3 ...
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5 month(s) ago
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Should I or shouldn't I ?
My aunt in Lithuania left me her memoirs about her life in Siberia when she and her family were deported there by the Russians during World War 2. Is it worth my while translating her memoirs into Eng...
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6 month(s) ago
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