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Everything becomes a history…everyone becomes a history…
I have drafted this post long ago...sharing only now...Last week of May with its festive Eurovision final became a history. Thankfully everything went smooth and safe and many people had unforgettable...
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Everything grannies could tell…
I took below photo in Sheki sometime in spring…Unfortunately I was there that time for funeral…Of course as always everyone was visiting the family to express their condolences and try to soothe the...
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Galoshes and not only...
Dear All, thank you for each and every of you for visiting my blog. Life has been too busy and to my regret I wasn't able to update the blog as often as I should have. The major question now is what do...
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Love is...no...should be in the air...
Nowadays it is so depressing to say the least to watch news. Wars, killings, people suffering, people destroying lives of others. Nobody is happy about what the other is doing or not doing. Although...
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Old and kind Sheki...
Today's post is a gentle "reminder" that this blog is actually about Azerbaijan with many posts devoted to the town that my parents come from and I associate myself with, Sheki. If you happen to visit...
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Mother factor...
I started writing this post last week. That day I was writing that I had spent some time talking to one of my older relatives who was telling me about her mother in law, Mina, whom I knew only as an...
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Remembering Khojaly...year 2013
I must have written before that months of January and February are not the happiest for Azerbaijan. In Baku these are the gloomiest in terms of weather and we all know what the weather means to almost...
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Forty days of care or Spring of Life...
Here I am back with you and its already April. I have been thinking about this post for awhile and today I will try to finish it. Today I will be writing about another custom in Azerbaijan. Tradition...
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Colors of April...
Today I am posting photos that speak for themselves. This is how colorful and different April has been in Azerbaijan this year. When I watch and hear news it feels awkward to write about the weather...
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Peace...Labour...May...
Azerbaijan does not celebrate May 1 any longer. The date that many would remember with slogan "Peace...Labour...May". I love everything about May and Peace and actually Labour - anything that is done...
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Victory Day...or the most beautiful May...
Our generation is so lucky not to live during the World War II...during fascism... It wouldn't be right to divide people who fought against fascism into nations, religions and other. Since this is the...
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Peace of mind or why to visit Sheki...
If you are a party animal and you are not going to throw that party personally then Sheki probably is not the place you are looking for...But if you are looking for peace of mind then I would suggest...
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About bread...
I am greeting you from Azerbaijan today after some silence. This post would be devoted to bread. Not sure if I wrote about this before but bread is one of the cherished or should I say "respected" if...
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People behind the scenes...III...
Today I will continue writing about one of my favorite subjects: about people behind the scenes.This summer I have done photos of some people in Sheki that I want to share with you.I will start with...
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Rich summer...
I have mentioned many times here that we are blessed with rich and fertile land in Azerbaijan. This summer when I found myself in different gardens of Absheron and Sheki I took random pictures that I...
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Azerbaijan - European chess champions 2013 and 100 years to Arshin Mal Alan...
I haven’t been writing for quite a while but I was thinking about it quite a lot.Two things happened during this period that I am particularly keen to mention about on my blog. One of them is that our...
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Happy New Year!
Its mid February and I still haven't wished you "Happy New Year!". We had an earthquake in Baku couple of days ago that I did feel in the office and our nanny who was at home with two of our kids did...
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Early spring in Sheki...
Clever books say that one should always leave routine and change scenery whenever possible. Other books explain that we often perceive things more difficult than they actually are. Defining difficult...
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Spring that says "catch me if you can"...
Before you read this post please read the preceding post. I would continue writing assuming that you did read it... Although we all understand and agree that time flies almost everyone is caught by...
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Another post on rich summer...
The same thoughts come to me each summer that we live on a fertile land that spoils us with anything that we could wish for. I have written numerously about white cucumbers that grow in Sheki. I am...
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Summer memories of Sheki...
I must admit beauty of regions is mainly explored during summer in Azerbaijan. Unfortunately we all get caught in routines and feel too heavy to explore the nature when weather is less welcoming and...
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Our love this summer...
My father in law, sculptor Aslan Rustamov, who is originally from Sheki has dear sculptor friend, whom he studied together with in Baku, Albert Mustafayev, who happens to be originally from Sheki too....
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Piti...
It is hard to believe that during all these years that I am writing this blog I never wrote about piti.The word "piti" must be read stressing the second syllable. If you say it right and say it to...
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Love is in the air....
There comes time in one's life (hopefully sooner rather than later) when person starts to appreciate everything positive that is around him or her. And gratitude becomes a natural part of the person's...
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The Day has come
Dear World, Dear Readers and Visitors of this blog, of my blog that is so dear to me. Today, after exactly five! years of silence, I am happy and proud to be writing this post. Actually, there was...
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