Dare

I know it's only a commercial, but this is one of my favourite videos at the moment. So, here it is, ladies!

Almost there...

I've been trying ot figure out how to turn this spot into a bilingual blog. I have friends who can only communicate in English (hi, Jay!) and this is the main reason why I chose to post everything in this language. I want them to be able to follow me up here... On the other hand, I don't know how fair it is for the other people who visit my blog. Maybe they don't feel like reading stuff in another language... Anyway, I'm working on this.

Update on our baby: She's getting ready for the big entrance. Or shall I say exit? Fact is my body's finally showing signs of preparing for that day we've been waiting for so long. Andrei and I are obviously overwhelmed with happiness and emotion. What I've learned along this journey of nine months is that my body knows more than I do. So, I'll trust my body it'll know what to do and when to do it. There is a wisdom within us that we cannot comprehend entirely. And I've learned how to respect that. No matter how much I read and no matter how many documentaries I watch, I will not be able to get enough knowledge on birth to equal the wisdom of the baby inside me and the knowledge of my body.

Fall... in love

next to you
like in a warm, fall
afternoon...

Almost 38

So here we are. Tomorrow we'll turn 38. Which means we are ON TERM! Yeey!

Our baby girl is due on Septemeber 29th. We are so excited and can barely wait to meet her.

The Wishing Box is getting nicer and nicer each day and is getting more and more wishes inside. Soon it'll be time to start making those wishes come true.

Also, Andrei and I - and a group of good old friends - are planning to organize a literature festival this coming spring. We've already started to work on this, looking for an official organizer, sponsors, partners, location and so on. If anyone is interested in joining us in this adventure, feel fre to drop me a line at roxanagamart@yahoo.com

In the meantime, I'm translating Ten Minute Mysteries by Albert Jack, due for publishing in May 2010 at ART Publishing House. Meanwhile, you can check out PREP, a novel by Curtis Sittenfeld, published at Polirom. It is the first novel I've ever translated. Well... not entirely - I got some help from Ana-Maria Lisman, a good friend of mine who I should call ASAP. It's a fun reading if you're a teen and have all sort of issues connected to this period of time in life.

Also, on translation projects: keep an eye open for Opus Pistorum, by Henry Miller. Yeap! That one is mine - entirley mine - my precious! It should be out in the bookstores this fall. Pretty gross book, honestly! But I'm sure it has its audience out there.

Well, I guess that's all the projects on at this point. I'll let you know if something else shows up!

There is no more time

I found out that all sounds are going through my bones

All the way down, deep down

In the place where pristine love begins
You exercise different movements

Without even knowing their meanings

But, you know, beyond me, there is a whole world

Full of colors and sounds

Full of light and love

A whole world waiting for you.

You go through me, you follow the Path, more and more and more,

You go through me like a ray of light

That cuts everything in its way

Closer and closer and closer.

You detach yourself.

In order to get to me, you have to go through me

Everything is simple, everything is beautiful

And we have to go all the way.

At home, in the kitchen – a basket full of yellow sweet pears

This is the image I’ll need to remember when time stops.


We have to go all the way.

Beyond me, there are the arms of your Father

Waiting for you, ready to hold you.

There are his warm eyes

And his smile filled with love.

Beyond me it’s all of us,

Together.

The Wishing Box

First, I just wanted a box.

Andrei can make anything from scratches, so he made me a tiny little box and I decided I'd decorate it with buttons and colored paper. I'll take a photo of it a bit later and show it to you guys.

Then, I thought we could each make a wish, write it down and put it in the box. And so we did.

Eventually, we both agreed that each person who comes visit us can write down a wish and me and Andrei will strive to help that person make her wish come true.

My first wish was: I want to plant bulbs this coming fall in front of our building.
Andrei's first wish was: I want a rainbow in the sky and me and Rox watching it together.

If anyone has a wish but cannot come visit us, please feel free to add it under this post. We promise to do something - small or big - that will help you see your wish come true.

Love begins here and now!

Rox