Picking up mushrooms
One of the favorite and very satisfying things to do in our forests has been picking mushrooms. My Grandma loved doing it. Mushrooms are...
Vostrovky
If you live in a city, it's hard to imagine the smell of dry hay on a hot summer day. It smells like... a promise of things being good...
The partisans' hideouts
During long and warm summers we often took walks along the road, that one road that leads to Zboj, the village next to mine. Just a short...
A Christmas dinner
24th December or, until lately, 6th January (according to the Julian calendar) has been a very special celebration for us, the Rusyns. It...
Opekachka
Now, I know that barbecue is as super-popular as ever. I mean - who doesn't love the grill! But when I was little, we did things a bit...