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Georgia: ancient winemaking techniques for local grapes

In Georgia monks and some winemakers still bury wine under the ground in ancient vessels called ‘qvevri’. These pitchers resemble an amphora in both their shape and material – the porous clay. Everything goes inside the quevri – grapes with skins, stalks, grape stone.

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Incense

This poem was inspired by an incense. The plant mass of burning ash I often light when writing indoors. Older than a candle and spread east to west, this smoky device […]

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Divining the future through mirrors

We brought mirrors into our lives for various reasons. Their reflection is what stirs something inside us. Whether it is the self-judgemental inner critic of our superficial appearance does not […]

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Jerusalem: Religion ‘MADE TO LAST’

I’m not alone to be mystified by Jerusalem. The ancient city on a rocky hill under a siege of a dusty desert hardly wows with classical beauty though. It is […]

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