KRISTINA LANG'S LETTERS & POEMS

Covid and I (and Novak)/Covid i ja (i Novak)

Kristina Lang

Jan 7, 20224 min read

Covid and I (and Novak)/Covid i ja (i Novak)

Today is my 7th day of self-isolation because, quite expectedly, I got symptoms of Covid infection on New Year's Day. The first few days...

"To the real Jonathan Seagull who lives within us all"/“Pravom galebu Jonathanu koji živi u svima"

Kristina Lang

Jan 6, 20224 min read

"To the real Jonathan Seagull who lives within us all"/“Pravom galebu Jonathanu koji živi u svima"

During last summer, I brought with me from Zagreb a handful of old photographs and a few books. I've been preparing to do this for two...

Kristina Lang

Dec 31, 20215 min read

"Love in New York"/"Ljubav u New Yorku"

Sometime in 1992, Don Branko Sbutega published a short story, controversial both in its content and in that it was written by a priest....

Kristina Lang

Dec 24, 20215 min read

“Lara's song”/“Larina pjesma”

Many have watched the movie "Doctor Zhivago", which in my opinion is one of the most beautiful and romantic love stories ever filmed. In...

In giving there is having/U davanju ima imanja

Kristina Lang

Dec 19, 20211 min read

In giving there is having/U davanju ima imanja

Another December and a mild winter, The holidays ahead and the occasional frost. Colourful lights sparkle in the dark And in us, for a...

My bow to the British opposition/Moj naklon britanskoj opoziciji

Kristina Lang

Dec 16, 20213 min read

My bow to the British opposition/Moj naklon britanskoj opoziciji

Last night, the British Prime Minister put to a vote in Parliament new restrictive measures related to the Covid pandemic, called Plan B....

Friendships for life/Prijateljstva za život

Kristina Lang

Dec 9, 20214 min read

Friendships for life/Prijateljstva za život

I have one wonderful little family of friends in Cambridge. We call the father of the family on this blog Chris and so far, I haven’t...

Kristina Lang

Nov 29, 20214 min read

Sunday mornings/Nedeljna jutra

Since I live on the edge of the city, and I work in the centre, a working day for me means going to the city centre. I often go to town...

Five loves of Josip Broz Tito/Pet ljubavi Josipa Broza Tita

Kristina Lang

Nov 22, 20217 min read

Five loves of Josip Broz Tito/Pet ljubavi Josipa Broza Tita

Despite his great role on the world stage, little is known about Josip Broz Tito's love life because he kept his private life to himself....

Kristina Lang

Nov 16, 20211 min read

Alone in the silence/Sama u tišini

This woman carries the sun within her And love, with a handful of roses that do not wither. In this woman her worlds are linked, With...

A side effect of Covid infection is death/Nuspojava infekcije Covidom je smrt

Kristina Lang

Nov 12, 20214 min read

A side effect of Covid infection is death/Nuspojava infekcije Covidom je smrt

About 50 million people have been vaccinated in the UK so far and 9 out of 10 people over the age of 12 have received at least one dose...

When you are not alone in your soul/Kad u duši nisi sam

Kristina Lang

Nov 6, 20214 min read

When you are not alone in your soul/Kad u duši nisi sam

I love mornings, especially autumn’s. When I was still a young girl and living with my parents, my dad gently woke me up in the morning...

“Drops in the ocean of bile”/“Kapi u oceanu žuči” Don Branko Sbutega

Kristina Lang

Oct 31, 20215 min read

“Drops in the ocean of bile”/“Kapi u oceanu žuči” Don Branko Sbutega

Although I remember very clearly that my first meeting with Don Branko took place on October 31st, 1991, the other meetings did not...

Kristina Lang

Oct 29, 20211 min read

Cashmere scarf/Šal od kašmira

Sometimes you are somehow infinitely far away And then I wonder if I made you up. Still, the taste of cappuccino on my lips Leaves a...

I've been an ex-smoker for three weeks now/Već\Tek sam tri tjedna bivši pušač

Kristina Lang

Oct 22, 20216 min read

I've been an ex-smoker for three weeks now/Već\Tek sam tri tjedna bivši pušač

Tomorrow will be exactly three weeks since I quit smoking. I was a long-time, passionate smoker and the decision to quit smoking was both...

Croatian girls in Cambridge/Hrvatske djevojke u Cambridgeu

Kristina Lang

Oct 18, 20214 min read

Croatian girls in Cambridge/Hrvatske djevojke u Cambridgeu

Yesterday I spent a wonderful day with two Croatian girls I met in Cambridge. Mara (33) is a neighbour of my friend Katarina. They both...

Kristina Lang

Oct 12, 20211 min read

If you only knew/Kad bi ti znao

If you only knew how I would kiss you Both tenderly and passionately, just like the first time. If you believed we have each other, at...

"A tear for the hills of Zagorie"/“Suza za zagorske brege”

Kristina Lang

Oct 10, 20214 min read

"A tear for the hills of Zagorie"/“Suza za zagorske brege”

When I moved to England for the second time in 2002, I knew it was for a long time. The decision was not easy because I left so much...

Kristina Lang

Oct 1, 20213 min read

Why I love autumn/Zašto volim jesen

I don’t know if I love autumn and this part of the year so much because I was born in early fall or I just enjoy everything that fall...

How I met Don Branko Sbutega/Kako sam upoznala Don Branka Sbutegu

Kristina Lang

Sep 23, 20218 min read

How I met Don Branko Sbutega/Kako sam upoznala Don Branka Sbutegu

In the fall of 1991, at the beginning of the war in Croatia, I had the opportunity to meet the Kotor’s priest, humanist and art historian...