Buryana Archives -

An Opinion About Everything, Direction for Nothing

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 5 minutes) Buryana had been invited to the regional forum of the Bar Association in Northwestern Bulgaria. She had a rule for a...

THE CLAY FEET OF BEAUTY

July 8, 2026

(Reading time: 5 minutes) Buryana did not like invitations that said “come as you are”. In women’s language this translated as: “come as you are, but...

IS THERE A PILOT ON THE PLANE?

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 6 minutes) For several weeks, one sentence had been following her everywhere, like the title of a film: “I want to fly.” Not...

REALITY WITHOUT REALITY

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 4 minutes) The evening smelled richly of real chicken soup – with vermicelli and savory – and pancakes with raspberry jam. The television...

YOU ARE NEVER ALONE – PART 2

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 5 minutes) The door creaked with every new blow, and Buryana felt like an insurgent on Shipka. She was already ready to open...

YOU ARE NEVER ALONE – PART 1

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 5 minutes) Buryana loved evenings, because at last the voices of others grew quiet – emails, clients, notifications, the world outside. Only her...

Easter, Our Way

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 4 minutes) The preparation for the bright holidays began early, as is proper – with an inner sense of uplift that wrote point...

SHERLOCK, BU AND THE WRANGLER

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 4 minutes) Buryana had long since stopped using an alarm. This was not due to a cloudless life, but because she had headlights...

Cruz & Beauty

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 4 minutes) Buryana entered the salon a little earlier than her appointment and knew from the doorway that she would not be leaving...

“WHAT DID THE AUTHOR WANT TO SAY?”

July 8, 2026

At the bar “Marmalade and Jazz,” the whiskey had not yet spilled into the glasses, and the cocktails were waiting to be pulled out of loneliness...

BURYANA AND EDUCATION

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 4 minutes) – Are you coming in with me, or will you stay in the car and write to the girls that you...

ON LOVE AND OTHER ADDICTIONS — “THE TURBULENT RIVER” — PART 2

July 8, 2026

(Reading time: 10 minutes) The art café was called “Poor but Sexy.” As if someone had decided to mix Berlin and Sofia bohemia in one room...

ABOUT LOVE AND OTHER ADDICTIONS – “DOOMED SOULS” – PART 1

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 10 minutes) The pastry shop was one of those places where time does not change – only the seasons in the cakes.She was...

THE WHOLE FRIENDLY ARMY – PART 2

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 4 minutes) Her steps on the sidewalk were light, as if on fluffy clouds; it smelled of cleanliness and floral perfume. She felt...

THE WHOLE FRIENDLY ARMY – PART 1

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 5 minutes) The morning began calmly – the alarm rang, and Sirena settled herself on one of her legs like a comma. Buryana...

An Evening with a Scent of Cointreau

July 8, 2026

In the bar “Marmalade and Jazz” – a cozy corner with dim lighting, honey-brown wooden shelves and vintage lamps that seemed to tell their own stories...

The Lion, the Eagle’s Nest and Freedom

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 6 minutes) This year Buryana decided that on the third of March she would not watch the raising of the flag on television,...

Three People in the Fog and One Inner Guard on Watch

July 8, 2026

(Reading time: 6 minutes) The morning began like all the others – with Buryana’s CCCC coffee (coffee, cocoa, coconut oil, cinnamon) and the usual noise from...

“When You Do Not Thirst for Water, but for Yourself”

July 8, 2026

(Reading time: 5 minutes) Bu wanted tea. But not some special tea or one with a ritual. This one — hot, fragrant, enveloping tea, with coconut...

“Quiet, But She Thundered”

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 3 minutes) Buryana loved the sea in June. Not the pretension of July, not the madness of August. But that soft, calm June,...

DOING NOTHING – “SATURDAY UNDER THE SIGN OF THE PILLOW”

July 8, 2026

(Reading time – 5 minutes) That Saturday she opened her eyes, stretched with pleasure, anticipating the delight of that rare gift from life — a day...

TUSCANY IN THREE SIPS OF CHIANTI – PART 3

July 8, 2026

(Reading time: 4 minutes) The road from Florence to Livorno was like an afterword to the encounter with David – long, with roadworks, traffic, and several...

TUSCANY IN THREE SIPS OF CHIANTI – PART 2

July 8, 2026

(Reading time: 4 minutes) At 07:42 Buryana was standing on the terrace of the borgo with a glass of lemon water and feltjoy that out of...

TUSCANY IN THREE SIPS OF CHIANTI – PART 1

July 7, 2026

(Reading time: 4 minutes) Buryana had a theory that life either falls perfectly into place, or you are in Italy. Everything began with the plan: an...

“EITHER YOU, OR ME… OR BOTH OF US”

July 7, 2026

(Reading time: 4 minutes) As early as Monday, Buryana and her son had made a plan. Not a grand, special “family ritual,” but something simple: Saturday...

ON JUSTICE AND POINT OF VIEW

July 7, 2026

(Reading time: 3 minutes) The pavement beneath her feet crunched with leaves and slipped on things it was better not to know about.Buryana was walking quickly,...

Who Put the Poison and How Do You Live with That?

July 7, 2026

(Reading time: 3 minutes) The cat had died. Not hers, but it felt that way to her. The very thought paralyzed her. Her neighbor, Mrs. Gabriela,...

THE COMFORT ZONE IS NOT A HOME

July 7, 2026

(Reading time: 3 minutes) Buryana heard about the event completely by chance. She was just finishing with a client at the bar when the door opened...

“History Is Not Rewritten”

July 7, 2026

(4-minute read) – The topic is “Ancient Egypt,” Konstantin said and tossed his backpack beside the desk.– Egypt?! – Buryana lit up. – Ah, that was...

YOU DON’T ARGUE WITH SEN-SEI (or: How the dishwasher, AI and the old script caught me in my pajamas)

July 7, 2026

(Reading time: 4 minutes) Buryana woke up to beeping. It was not the sun that woke her, stroking the windowsill with a gentle ray, nor the...

The Night the Light Came Down to Us – New Year’s Buryanka – Part 3

July 7, 2026

(Reading time – 4 minutes) The preparation for the festive evening began with three people and one mirror that categorically refused to reflect their wishes.Marina had...

Who Are You, Santa Claus?! – New Year Buryanka – Part 2

July 6, 2026

(Reading time – 6.5 minutes) Even in Rovaniemi, Bu created a morning program for herself, of which she liked the morning CCCC (coffee, cocoa, coconut, cinnamon)...

To Rovaniemi via Aruba – New Year Buryanka – Part 1

July 6, 2026

Reading time – 7 minutes) Airports have their own karma. They do not acknowledge preparation, they do not respect organization. While Buryana, her son Kin and...

Christmas Under the Stars

July 6, 2026

(Reading time: 8 minutes) Against the background of slightly softened snow and the echoing jingle of bells from the supermarket, Buryana was returning home like a...

LOVE WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

July 6, 2026

– Is that all? – her mother asked while tying an apron with such a serious expression, as if she were about to perform heart surgery,...

Press Start

July 6, 2026

The phone rang at 6:10. Buryana was awake, but she was still lying in bed. She was drinking water and mentally leafing through what lay ahead...

WHAT YOU WANT IS WHAT YOU (DON’T) GET

July 6, 2026

Konstantin appeared at the door with wet hair, tousled like a thought that had not yet understood whether it was a good idea.– Mom… it’s time...

DUST YOURSELF OFF

July 6, 2026

There were Tuesdays that even coffee did not want to know, and this one was exactly one of them. That morning Konstantin, her son, tossed the...

“People help the people”

July 6, 2026

Buryana was standing on the windowsill, her bare feet resting on the warm floor, and the slice of lemon in her tea was rocking like a...

Agent Radina and the Password of the Heart

July 6, 2026

A reality show pulled the trigger. That guy on the screen was cheating without a shred of conscience, acting as if butter wouldn’t melt in his...

When Opportunity Calls and the Hand Trembles

June 26, 2026

– Wait a minute, how could I forget! You know, at our office, a great position is opening up. A cool team, interesting projects. I think...

Whose Script Are You Rewriting?

June 26, 2026

Bored? Of course you are…You turn on the TV – and dramatic plot twists from reality shows pour over you, and you drown in soap bubbles:–...

Suspicious Happiness

June 26, 2026

She was walking down the street with a smile without a filter and without a reason. The weather was gorgeous, and the song in her headphones...

The Man of Almost-Happenings

June 24, 2026

He had named himself an “almoster.” Because almost everything in his life had almost happened. – I almost won an award. I almost got married. I...

Doing Nothing

June 24, 2026

Metodi decided to spend Sunday in complete inactivity and do nothing. Not “nothing important,” but doing-nothing — nothing at all. As if he were going to...