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A Letter from Istria to an American Friend

by Robert | Mar 21, 2014 | Croatia, Deception, Soviet Union

I apologize Tom, I’ve reread this morning the article by Naomi Oreske’s et.al. The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future that you’ve posted on your Facebook page some time ago. My initial opinion, that she misinterprets the...

Istria, February 2014, In the Morning

by Robert | Mar 5, 2014 | Croatia, Deception

Istria, February 2014 In December and January, Rovinj sleeps. The days are overcast and rainy. The streets are quiet and empty. On the rare sunny day (or hour), the cafes on the square fill, and when the sun disappears, so too do the natives. On 1 February, one...

Istria, January 2014

by Robert | Jan 31, 2014 | Croatia, Deception, Soviet Union

Bihac, Bosnia-Herzogovina Last week Patrice and I went to Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina for our ninth wedding anniversary. Driving from Bihac to Velika Kladusia (border town between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina) one encounters roadside memorials commemorating WWII...

Thirteen Coats, A Translation (from Russian)

by Robert | Dec 1, 2013 | Book Reviews, Deception, Publishing, Russia, Soviet Union

Serge Kotlar and I (Yay!, Merrill, Wisconsin) translated Thirteen Coats from Russian to English as research for the next book in The Long War series, The Executioner’s Son. I read and speak Russian and have studied the country and its culture since my 17th year on...

Arriving in Rovinj, Croatia, November 2013,

by Robert | Nov 17, 2013 | Croatia, Deception, Publishing

Travel Notes Patrice and I have settled in Rovinj, Croatia, until at least 15 April 2014. The first apartment we rented (12th century plague house) did not meet our needs. Patrice found another apartment, which meets our needs in spades. These travel notes is an...

Arriving Rovinj

by Robert | Nov 7, 2013 | Deception

Patrice reported our travels from the United States through Venice here and here. We stayed in Venice five days. Venice, even stormy, flooded and windswept, was charming, warm and inviting. The Italian artists––Titian, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, et.al.––like voluptuous...