Ten short stories about contemporary subjects like emmigration, abandoned villages, unemployment, lost of traditional values, poverty.

Вечна и бляскава „Животът стоеше пред мен като вечна пролет в нови и бляскави дрехи.“ К.Г.Гаус Планината – тя беше вечна и бляскава. Стоеше пред нас цяла Чернатица. Пролетта я правеше да блести още повече и я връщаше отново към вечността. Така и животът ни пое по частица и от двете. Много частици сигурно бе поело и селцето в ниското през столетията. И сега къщите му блестяха в чисто бяло. Пролетта сякаш и тях бе подновила. Затова забързахме надолу, по-скоро да сти...

Poetry on Bulgarian language with illustrations by the author

Water color landscapes depicting the beauty of the village of Ravnogor and Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, where it is located. The landscapes were painted "alla prima" from nature by the author Marlena Yurukova during her stays in Ravnogor and her wanderings in its surroundings in the time from 1985 to 2015. Short three-line verses that fin in with the aquarelles add to conveying the impression of the natural beauty of this place.

The village is high. If you grow up, you will see it. *** Life is a puzzle, and we at its end question marks. *** Summer rain- splashes of blessing from Heaven. *** Autumn near Ravnogor- thefog tousled the forest, it looks like a witch now.