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Birþelio (June) 29, 2008 ReginosPalëpë: 2 dalis (ReginosPalepe: Part 2) Kur buvau dingus? (Where have I been?) Namo praradimo pavojai ið arèiau (Losing your House) Kas yra patriotas? (What is a patriot?) Kaip veikia prezidento rinkimø mechanizmas? (Electing a President)
Liepos (July) 24, 2006 Alimentai vaikø iðlaikymui (Child Support Enforcement) Nëra imigraciniø naujienø (No Action on Immigration) Alimentai vaikui Kalifornijoje (California Child Support) Ar tikrai kitoks? (Marketing Scheme) Nemokama antivirusinë (Free Anti-Virus Software) Foto Konkursas (Photo Contest) Birþelio (June) 21, 2006 Mes keièiame kryptá (Changing Direction) Imigruoti á Kanadà (Immigration to Canada) Kaip atvykti á JAV ir dirbti gydytoju (Coming to the US as a doctor)
Keliauti
á Japonijà Balandis (Apr) 24, 2006 Paskutinës imigracinës þinios (Immigration Update) Balandis (Apr) 13, 2006 Velykinës mintys (Easter Thoughts) Emigrantø keliu (Emmigrant Road) Balandis (Apr) 10, 2006 Kol kas nëra jokios imigracinës reformos (No Immigration Reform Yet) Patikrinti “Application Status” (Checking Application Status) Moters biologinis laikrodis (Women's Biological Clock)
Albino
Hoffman fotografijos Kaip tinkamai pasirengti emigranto kelionei (Preparing for the Journey of Emmigration) Pramogos, renginiai Èikagoje (Chicago Activities) Kovas (Mar) 30, 2006 Imigraciniai debatai (The Immigration Debate) Kelionë maðina su vaikais ir be jø (Driving Vacations) Kovas (Mar) 23, 2006 Tapimas legaliais (Becoming Legal) Krepðinis ir iðsilavinimas (Basketball and Education) JAV pilietybës egzaminas (US Citizenship Exam) Imigrantø vizos (Immigrant Visas) Lietuviðka garinë pirtis ( Lithuanian steam baths) Kovas (Mar) 16, 2006 Amerikieèiai ir imigrantai (Americans and Immigrants) Tapimas legaliais (Becoming Legal) Skatiname imigracijà? (Encouraging Immigration?) Plaukø ðalinimas lazeriu (Laser Hair Removal) Investuokite Baltijos ðalyse (Invest in the Baltics) Kovas (Mar) 9, 2006 Paukðèiø gripo naujienos (Bird Flu Update) Antibiotikø þala (Antibiotic Abuse) Laiðkai ið Norviliðkiø pilies Lietuvoje (Letter from Norviliskiu Castle) Kaip atsiimti nesumokëtà algà -- 2 (Unpaid Wages -- 2) Imigraciniai klausimai (Immigration Questions) Kur galëèiau rasti kvalifikuotà ðeimos psichologà? (Finding a family therapist) Kovas (Mar) 3, 2006 Mûsø vieni metai (It’s been One Year) Reginos laiðkai (Regina's Letters) Imigruojant á Canada (Immigrate to Canada) Padedate vieni kitiems (Readers Help Readers) Lietuvos kulinarinis paveldas (Lithuania’s Culinary Heritage) Kaip atsiimti nesumokëtà algà (Unpaid Wages Complaint) Vasaris (Feb) 23, 2006 Neramus laikas Buðui (Troubles for Bush) Blynai, blyneliai, sklindþiai (Pancakes, crepes, and scones) Skyrybos ir mokesèiai (2) (Divorce and Taxes) Vasaris (Feb) 16, 2006 Lietuvos nepriklausomybë (Lithuanian Independence) Laiðkai ið Norviliðkiø pilies Lietuvoje (Letters from Norviliskiu Castle) Pasmerkto mirti istorija (Condemned to Die) Skyrybos ir mokesèiai (Divorce and Taxes) Vasaris (Feb) 9, 2006 Bûk Valentinu pati sau (Be your own Valentine) Valentino diena (Valentine's Day) Psichologijos tinklapis - TAU! Krepðinio mokykla (School for Basketball) Emigruoju á Amerikà (Coming to America) Mamø ir tëèiø klubas (Mom and Dad's Club) Skaitytojø kûryba (Reader's Creations) Vasaris (Feb) 2, 2006 Reginos laiðkai (Regina's Letters) Mokslinis màstymas – 1 dalis (Scientific Thinking – Part 1) Muðeikø dovanos (Another Beating, Another Baubel) Pagalba naujagimiui JAV (Public Aid for Baby) Imigracinë viza anûkui (Immigrant Visa for Grandson) Sausis (Jan) 26, 2006 Gydymas ar iliuzija? (Healing or Delusion) Vaizduotës galia (The Power of Imagination) Imigracinës vizos (Immigration Visas) Uþsienis ir dviguba pilietybë (Living Abroad with Dual Citizenship) Sausis (Jan) 19, 2006 Psichinis gydymas (Psychic Healing) Vitaminas D ir vëþinës ligos (Vitamin D and Cancer) Amerikos pilieèiai uþsienyje (American Citizens Abroad) New York’o dirbanèiøjø apsauga (New York Worker’s Rights) Skaitytojø nuomonës (Reader's Opinions) Sausis (Jan) 12, 2006Reginos laiðkai (Regina's Letters) Jûsø kompiuterio saugumas (Security for your Computer) Seksualinis priekabiavimas (Sexual Harassment) Vairavimas Virginia valstijoje (Driving in Virginia) Social Security pinigai (Social Security Benefits) Sausis (Jan) 5, 2006 Reginos laiðkai (Regina's Letters) Þalia arbata ir svorio metimas (Green Tea and Weight Loss) "Uraganiniai" automobiliai (Hurricane Cars) Klausimai ir atsakymai (Questions and Answers) Gruodis (Dec) 15, 2005 Kalëdø kilmë (The Origins of Christmas) Ðventiniai Kalëdø vakarëliai (Christmas Parties) Ar tai mokslas? (Is It Science?) Smurtas namuose (Domestic Violence) Paauglio klausimas (Teenager's Question) Kaip atsiimti pinigus (How to get Money Back) Suþalojimai darbe (On the Job Injury) Dþiazas Lietuvoje (Jazz in Lithuania) Geri dalykai Lietuvoje (Positive Things in Lithuania) Ðventøjø kûèiø ir kalëdø puota Gruodis (Dec) 7, 2005
Paukðèiø
gripo baimë Senoviniai klaipëdietiðki patiekalai (Ancient Lithuanian Dishes) Vertingas projektas (Important Project) Þiema Èikagoje (Winter in Chicago) 2006 Naujø Metø sutiktuvës ir renginiai kitose valstijose (New Years 2006) Lapkritis (Nov) 22, 2005
Legendos
apie iðsilavinimà Eks- gubernatoriaus teismas (The Ryan Trial) Poet and Musician (Poetas ir Muzikantas) Lapkritis (Nov) 17, 2005 Padëkos pietø receptai (Recipes for Thanksgiving) “Lietuvos kulinarijos enciklopedija” (Encyclopedia of Lithuanian Cuisine) Lietuvos kulinarinës tradicijos (Lithuania's Culinary Tradition) Viskas apie kalakutà (All About Turkey) Lapkritis (Nov) 10, 2005
Kà
reiðkia Padëkos ðventë Pasirengimas Padëkos Dienos pietums (Pot Luck Thanksgiving)
Thanksgiving
ðventės atsiradimo istorija Baltøjø rûmø rûpesèiai (White House Troubles) Spaudos laisvë (Freedom of the Press) Skaitytojø laiðkai Tinai (Reader's Letters to Tina) Þalios kortelës loterija (Green Card Lottery) Klausimas apie Þalios Kortelës loterijà (Question about Green Card Lottery) Kaip jauèiasi gráþæ gyventi á Lietuvà? (2) (Back Home in Lithuania) Invalidas Lietuvoje ðiandien (An Invalid in Lithuania Today)
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Norviliðkëse jau gerokai atðilo, ðiandien
buvo tik trisdeðimts laipsniø. Virëjos ateina du kilometrus su sustirusiais
kailiniais. O man gerai - dienà aðtuoniolika, o vakare pasiðildau iki dvideðimties.
Miegu maþai, daþniausiai keliuosi treèià ir einu prie kompiuterio, - turiu
daug skaièiavimø ir raðymø, be to dar raðau ir savo darbus. Ádëmiai
studijuoju senus rankraðèius, nes dabar yra lengvai prieinami, juolab, kad èia
turiu ypatingai gerà vertimo programà. Miegoti einu prieð dvylika. Pilyje
klajoja dvi baltos bûtybës: didesnë ir maþesnë, bet manæs jos neskriaudþia. Man èia pirmoji naktis buvo nejauki, mat gyvenu bokðte,
kuris yra be durø, tai pirmà naktá prabudau nuo to (buvo tamsu, nes buvau uþgesinæs
ðviesà, ir staigiai pajutau, kad kaþkas labai ðaltas stumia mane, lyg norëtø
uþdëti ðiurkðèià ðaltà kaþkodël tai kartoninæ dëþæ ir joje mane iðneðti.
Labai raiðkiai pajutau svetimus prisilietimus ir paskui lyg þiûrëjimà ið
toliau kà að darysiu, - gal iðsigàsiu ir pulsiu panikuoti... Bet að sukalbëjau
poterius, nejaukumas dingo, nusisukau á sienà ir ramiai uþmigau... Kità naktá po dvylikos (vël buvau uþgesinæs
ðviesà), kai atsiguliau miegoti, pro bokðto arkos-angos ðonus lyg kaþkas
balkðvai blausaus á mane þvalgësi (labai panaðu á debesá), bet ákiðdavo
tik ið kontûrø panaðias á þmones
galvas: viena aukðèiau, kita þemiau, matyt vëlë mergaitë. Ji buvo smalsesnë,
tai jos galvytë daugiau matësi, bet tokia kaip baltame rûke, su tamsesnëmis
duobëmis akiø vietoje... Ai, nutariau, tegu þiûri, o gal tik að taip ásivaizduoju,
o jei ðioms vëlëms jau taip ádomu, að gi nieko blogo nedarau, juolab ir
joms neþadu kà nors daryti, dar sukalbëjau poterius ir vël ramiai uþmigau... Taèiau kità rytà paëmiau nuo apðildymo
likusá parolono su folija rulonà ir vyrø papraðiau, kad man jie prikaltø
virð arkos tà parolonà, - bus kaip durys. Bet nuo tø keistokø nutikimø visà
laikà miegu prie ðviesos. Kai darbininkams papasakojau apie naktinius
nutikimus, tai jie á mane þiûrëjo kaip pritrenkti, sakë, kad tas vëles dar
jø seneliai þinojo ir visi aplinkiniai jø bijojo, o man, kai pasakiau, kad
gyvensiu pilyje vienas, neiðdráso net prasitarti ir kiekvienà rytà, ateidami
á darbà aptardavo ar dar rasià mane gyvà. Vietiniai sako, kad tai yra mamos
ir dukters dvasios, lyg tai nuþudytos ir klaidþiojanèios nerasdamos vietos...Jie
daþnai jas naktimis matydavo ir apie pilá, jie taip pat teigia, kad jos yra
ramios, bet visi stebisi mano dràsa, - patys jie uþ jokius pinigus niekados
neiðdrástø pilyje pasilikti nakèiai, juolab vieni. Dabar viskas normalizavosi, matyt vëlës ásitikino,kad að èia tikrai gyvensiu ir manæs jau nebetrukdo, be to miegu prie uþdegtos ðviesos, matyt, tada joms nepatogu pas mane uþeiti. Treèià naktá, uþsimanæs á tualetà,
einu per tamsià menæ ir matau, kad du, didesnis ir maþesnis þmogaus formos
balkðvi debesëliai sëdi ant këdþiø salës kertëje, bet apaèioje kojø
nematyti, lyg jø nebûtø, lyg bûtø iðtirpusios... Didþioji sëdi ramiai, o
maþoji vëlelë lyg ranka moja, na, tai ir að joms pamojavau ir einu savo
reikalais. Kai gráþau ið tualeto, jø jau nebuvo... Ketvirtà naktá prieð einat gulti(jau
buvo po dvylikos) iðgirdau, kad kitame pilies gale, kur yra árengta virtuvë,
kaþkas trankosi. Pamaniau, kad gal ûkvedys bus atvaþiavæs. Nuëjau paþiûrëti
kà jis veikia, bet nieko neradau, tada apvaikðèiojau visà pilá, uþlipau á
palëpæ, nusileidau á rûsá vis paðaukdamas „Ar yra èia kas?“, bet
niekas neatsiliepë ir nieko nemaèiau... Virtuvëje buvo kiek pastumdyti
daiktai ir kaþkodël tai ant prausyklës uþdëta ðiukðliø dëþë, nors dar
vakare ji buvo ant grindø. Puikiai prisimenu, nes á jà meèiau nuorûkas... Pilyje nei peliø, nei þiurkiø nëra,
iðskyrus maþytæ zylutæ. Ji áskrenda pro ventiliacinæ angà dienà ir
laksto po visus aukðtus, kadangi niekur nëra durø. Labai gudri paukðtytë, -
ji lesa visokius vabaliukus, kuriø èia, kai ðildoma, yra daug: musiø, uodø,
maðalø, boruþiø. Kai að sëdþiu prie kompiuterio, ji dràsiai áskrenda,
nulesioja nuo langø visus vabzdelius, pakramsnoja þvakes, atsigeria vandenëlio
ið mano pastatytos peleninës, paskui atsitupia ant mano skrybëlës, kabanèios
ant kabyklos ir þvalgosi á palubæ, kur á lempos ðviesà atskrenda leisgyvës
musës. Tada ji staigiai purpteli ir èiumpa skanø kàsnelá... Su ðia zylute
tiesiog susidraugavome, nes kai að áeinu pro arkà, ji jau nebepuola blaðkytis,
o ramiai þvalgosi kà að darysiu. Kai atsisëdu prie kompiuterio ir ájungiu
muzikà, ji priskrenda, atsitupia tiesiai man prieð nosá ir dairosi ar nëra
kokio vabzdelio. Tada að papuèiu á jà ir ji sau nuskrenda. Bjaurybikë, jau
tris kartus man apkakojo skrybëlæ. Ir kai ûkvedys Janas atveþë spintà,
skrybëlæ padëjau á jà. El.paðtas: vincentas.sakas@takas.lt
In Norviliskius, it has warmed up, and today it was only -30C. The cooks walks 2 kilometers to work and their coats are frozen stiff by the time they get here. I don't sleep a lot. Very often I get up at 3:00 AM and sit at my computer because I have to do my accounting and writing. I study ancient books, some of them hand-written.
I go to sleep before midnight. In the castle I see two while apparitions, one smaller, the other larger. They never hurt me. My first night here wan not very comfortable because my room had no door. It was dark and I felt like something very cold pushed against me. I clearly felt a strange touch and I wondered if I would panic, but I prayed and after the uncomfortable feeling left me, I turned to the wall and calmly fell asleep.
The next night after midnight, after I had turned off the light, I felt something looking at me. I looked up and saw something like a cloud with two heads. I thought it was a spirit of a dead girl. I thought I would let them look. Maybe I was only imagining. I wasn't planning to hurt them. I prayed and again calmly fell asleep.
The next morning I took a piece of scrap insulation and asked a workman to nail it over the empty doorway. After these strange events, I always sleep with the light on. When I mentioned my adventures to the workers, the looked at me in shock. They told me that they had heard stories about these spirits from their grandparents and that everybody was afraid of them. When the workers had heard that I was planning to live in the castle by myself, they had not been brave enough to tell me about them. Every morning going to work, they discussed whether or not they would find me alive. According to the legend these were the souls of a mother and daughter who had been killed and were wandering around without a place to stay. They claimed to have seen them many times. Local legend say they are harmless, but the workers said they were impressed by my courage. They wouldn't stay here for all the money in the world.
Now everything has become normal. Maybe the spirits have determined that I will really live here and they don't bother me anymore. I sleep with a light on, and maybe it is not comfortable for them to come in.
On the third night, when I went to the toilet, I passed the darkened Great Hall and saw two colorless clouds sitting on chairs in a corner of the hall. The big one sat still and the small one waved to me. I waved back and went where I needed to go. On my way back, I didn't see anything.
The fourth night before I went to bed, after midnight, I heard from the other side of the castle, near the kitchen, something banging. I thought that the supervisor had come in without my knowledge. I went over to see what he was doing, but didn't find anybody. After that I searched the whole castle from the attic to the basement, calling "Is anybody here?" Nobody answered. In the kitchen I found some things disturbed and a trash can upside down in the sink. I remembered very well that it had been on the floor because I had thrown out my cigarette butts there.
There are no mice or rats in the castle, only one little titmouse. She flies in through the ventilation duct during the day and flies through the whole castle because there ate no doors. It is a very smart birdie. She eats all kinds of bugs, that have become active because of the heat in the castle. When I am sitting at my computer, she very bravely flies in, eats the bugs from the windows, pecks my candles, drinks water that I put in the ashtray for her, then sits on my hat on the coat rack and look at the ceiling where flies are attracted to the lamplight. Suddenly she moves and catches one. I have become friends with this titmouse, and now when I am coming in through the arch, she doesn't panic, just calmly worners what I will do. When I sit at the computer and turn on my music, she flies very close to my face. I blow at her and she flies away.
This scoundrel has already pooped three times on my hat. When Janas, the supervisor, brought me a wardrobe, the first thing I did was put my hat in it.
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