Originally posted in Latvian newspaper Jaunais Laiks in December 2016. Kādreiz man gandrīz šķiet, ka Ziemassvētki un Dziesmu svētki ir tie paši svētki! Abi ir laiki, kad ceļojam gan tuvu, gan tālu, lai tiktos ar ģimeni un draugiem svētku vidē. Abos svētkos dziedam dziesmas, gan garīgas, gan jautras. Klausoties “Klusa nakts, svēta nakts” Ziemassvētku vakara … More No svētkiem līdz svētkiem!
My first post in Latvian! Earlier this year I was on the planning committee for an annual Latvian sports tournament. Part of my duties included doing anything involving writing, like maintaining the website, sending out advertisements, and afterwards submitting an article to a couple Latvian newspapers about the event. In this case most of the … More ALA Meistarsacīkstes Vašingtonā, DC
I was honored last November when fellow Latvian blogger Liene of Femme au foyer invited me to be one of roughly 24 contributors to her holiday extravaganza collection, “24 Days of Baltic Christmas.” We were each asked to share a special memory or trait of what a Latvian (or Lithuanian, or Estonian) Christmas means to … More A Baltic Christmas Day 2 – The Not-So-Jolly Fat Man of Latvian Christmas
Helga without the H 