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The Ninth Fort: The Place Where My Memories Start

A prison, a place of mass murder, a burial site. The place where my memories start, my eternal playground

6 min readOct 13, 2021

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About Me Stories

About Me — Giedre

I love words. Teach me your language, and you’ll build a bridge between us. Talk to me about Coetzee in bed, and I’ll be forever yours.

5 min readSep 27, 2021

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A woman facing Seljalandsfoss waterfall in Iceland

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Everything Shortform

Breadcrumbs on his empty breakfast plate were attracting sparrows who were darting noisily between…

La Esquinita, The Corner, bar was indeed a bar on the corner, and his favorite table, usually free on a weekday morning, was the corner…

1 min readJun 12, 2022

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ILLUMINATION

The “Grey Zone” of the War in Ukraine

Did you know that the term “grey zone” was first used by Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi to describe those who cooperated with the Nazis?

3 min readApr 20, 2022

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A Thousand Lives

‘Hamnet’ by Maggie O’Farrell: An Achingly Beautiful Masterpiece

Hamnet is a horrible book; Hamnet is a great book. You must stay away from it; you must read it.

3 min readFeb 8, 2022

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A person with a hood and a mask of a plague doctor

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Vagabond Voices

A Glimmer of Hope

I stood in front of the mirror, and what I faced was the realization that his leaving tomorrow did not mean the end of our relationship.

4 min readJan 21, 2022

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ILLUMINATION

Born in the USSR: 10 Things I Grew Up Without

A list of ten things that were scarce in my childhood that I now take for granted

8 min readJan 18, 2022

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Vagabond Voices

The Ulterior Motive

They stand in front of each other, two strangers, not touching for a moment, as if aware that by stripping their clothes away they have…

15 min readDec 18, 2021

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About Me Stories

The Day I Became a Bully

I did not participate in the name-calling. I pretended not to hear it.

3 min readNov 19, 2021

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The Day I Became a Bully

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Writers’ Blokke

What Can Google Trends Tell Us About Our Society?

The most popular Google searches in 2020 across different countries

5 min readNov 9, 2021

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Giedre P.

Giedre P.

Writing. Books. Languages. Music. Photography. Wildlife. She/her. Cofounder of The Write Salon. Literary gifts at Tindleer and Quotes & Co. twitter.com/giedrep

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