By Maria Koropecky In the Ukrainian tradition, we say, “vichnaya pamyat” which means “eternal memory” after someone passes away, and on this 25th anniversary of my father’s passing, I’m thinking about the concept of time in a new way for me. Time is mind-boggling. Twenty-five years is both a quarter of a century and a …
Travelling
Meet Me in St. Sidney, Sidney, Meet Me at the Fair!
by Maria Koropecky, author of Closer to Indigo I first noticed it in my early twenties — how the books we’re reading and writing can magically mirror our real life. I was in France reading Still Life with Woodpecker (1980) by Tom Robbins when the themes I was absorbing from the pages began showing up …
After the Cartwheels…
by Maria Koropecky, author of Closer to Indigo After receiving some positive feedback from a publishing house regarding my book, Closer to Indigo (though not the answer I had hoped for), I realized I’m not the same person I was back in 2019 when I went on my Camino and started writing my memoir-turned-novel. They …
A Playful Way to Explore a New Place: Travel Bingo
by Maria Koropecky, author of Closer to Indigo I feel travelling is one of life’s best teachers. Back in 1994, I stopped in Iceland for a weekend on my way back to Canada from Europe. One sunny April morning, I was standing at the harbour’s edge, gazing toward a mountain, when a local gentleman struck …