Moldovan Abroad

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To write or not to write has never been the question…

She wrote her first 26 line poem at age 8, entitled “My Christmas ABCs”. She then memorized it and performed it for the church Christmas party. This wasn’t terribly surprising. She started reading before Kindergarten and Dr. Seuss was one of her favorite authors, so rhyme came very naturally to her. She has been writing all of her life, as long as she can remember. A lot of poetry, short stories and, of course, the usual school reports. she always got high grades on her writing assignments, even when she didn’t in other classes, simply because she loved to write.

Then, adulthood set in. She went into the Army.  Always a voracious reader, she still dreamt of writing a novel, but got gloriously side-tracked with a wonderful husband and six amazing children. During that time, she still wrote: Musical plays for her kids at church and school, songs, poetry and even an occasional newspaper article streamed from her pen.

Then, she got involved in jobs that required clear concise writing and a lot of marketing copy. She put up her first website in 1996 and made her living on the internet for over 20 years, writing everything from blog posts to sales copy to scripts for online videos, not to mention copy for the websites she built for her clients.

Then life changed her course.  Among other things she lost all the toes on her right foot due to undiscovered diabetes and breast cancer.  At that point she found herself in mourning for the loss of all of the things she used to do.  One morning she woke up with the thought:  "You need to stop focusing on what you can't do and start considering what you can do."  So she decided that now was the time to finally pursue her dream of writing a novel.

Two weeks before her 64th birthday she published the first novel in an ongoing series. “The House on Infinity Loop” is the first book in a trilogy that will become just the first part of the 9 book Dimensional Alliance series. As of May 2022 there are 4 books published and a fifth one will debut November 2022.

When she is not writing, she likes to read, crochet hats for the homeless and gifts for friends and family, is active in her church and looks forward to being very involved with the fans of her books.

John is the CEO and founder of cosimo.art, if you are either an artist, an art lover, art collector or just curious about art, you should check the website for sure! 

This interview is full of practical information and advice and support for artists. 

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As featured on the BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMYiO_Ex2QI&t=2s

Disclaimer: Take everything in this episode with a pinch of salt. We strongly discourage the use of drugs, we just made a lot of jokes about various subjects, don't take things too seriously. 

Alex is back and he talks about his reaction when the war started; the reason behind making the 2 documentaries; the International Film Festival Musicbed 2022; the private screening at Community Center 151; why is it important to watch MALVA and what's next for WELLBE.

You can watch the documentary here and support if you can: Alex Zapadinschi Presents: "MALVA" Documentary - YouTube

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Meet Leo and a variety of his artistic pursuits: from writing articles, movies reviews, poems to music & screenwriting.

We talked about movie recommendations, NFT's, gaming, new album release, a bit of a love story, marketing in art and many other subjects.

This episode was recorded in February 2022. Please do not attach any political meaning to this episode, especially in the current climate.

You can find Leo on LinkedIn and also here:

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Adriana's crystal and & soulful voice is very touching, but singing is just one of her hobbies. She has built a strong career, landing jobs for very good companies, including Microsoft. She is raising together with her husband 3 beautiful daughters and teaching them how to have their own opinions and stand for what they believe in. She is always striving for more, but it's all the result of hard work & motivation.

In this episode, Adriana talked candidly about her experience of moving to the States to study, her challenges, cultural shocks, but also opportunities; she talked about her work experience, finishing a master while working & being a mom; differences between USA and Moldova; work culture & many other interesting topics.

You can find her on Facebook or YouTube. And of course the hit video :) .

Find out more by listening to this episode. 

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I am re-posting older episodes with the amazing Ukrainian Ladies that I had the pleasure to meet through my podcast: Nataliya and Olia.

If you would like to help people in Ukraine, you can donate here Help young people of Ukraine (experienceukraine.co.uk)

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Olia is an Ukrainian chef, food stylist and food writer based in the UK. She has written 3 amazing cook books:

Mamushka: Recipes From Ukraine & Beyond Kaukasis: The Cookbook – A Journey Through the Wild East Summer Kitchens: Inside Ukraine's Hidden Places of Cooking and Sanctuary

I could tell you all about her awards and milestones, but I will tell you instead that she is an amazing, warm, friendly, smart, hard working and talented woman and I had such a pleasure talking to her. I won't tell you more, you'll have to listen to this episode :)

Have a look at Olia's website: https://oliahercules.com/ and her instagram account: @oliahercules

You can find me on www.moldovanabroad.com; instagram @moldovan_abroad and @daniela.c.paintings for art.

I am re-posting older episodes with the amazing Ukrainian Ladies that I had the pleasure to meet through my podcast: Nataliya and Olia. 

If you would like to help people in Ukraine, you can donate here Help young people of Ukraine (experienceukraine.co.uk)

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We recorded the interview on 1st October 2020 and what a coincidence that on the same date, 15 years ago, Nataliya and her best friend Tania, founded a theatre in a remote village in Transcarpathia, Ukraine. This project is very close to their heart, as it is encouraging children to engage with arts, it is free and it gives them the possibility of being creative and of building a different kind of path in future in various areas of arts. Usually, they organize a festival to raise funds much needed for running this project, but this year, due to obvious reasons, the festival was cancelled. So if you would like to encourage this project with any donation, here's a link to the JustGiving page.

But this is only one of the many things that Nataliya does to support her community.

Nataliya is normally organizing bespoke and authentic travel experiences in Ukraine (and beyond), but that was severely affected by the pandemic. However, before things go back and running, you should know about these amazing tours so that you can book them when conditions allow.

These travel experiences are very authentic, they are not your usual thing that you can find on the internet. Nataliya always has community and sustainability in mind, so she is very thoughtful about every single aspect of it: travel there and stay as local as possible; only use local transport and local services so that the money can go back to the community, without affecting it from a touristic point of view; engaging with local activities; trying local food and drinks; exploring nature; trying the best to not use any plastic and even doing cleanups etc.  In order to have a better idea about these tours, please visit the Experience Ukraine and Beyond Website.

The other thing that Nataliya does to support the small artisans, is promoting selling their carefully made crafts (sold at markets in the UK or on the website), from embroidered clothing made of very good quality fabrics, to wooden spoons, handwoven bulrush slippers etc.

Nataliya is a joy to talk to, and we even spoke about growing your own food, wonky veg, tasteless food, coriander, food waste and many more interesting subjects.

I hope you enjoy it.

You can find Nataliya as well on Facebook  or Instagram.