Bitsa is old, well she is now anyway, Bitsa is also the town gossip merchant, political activist, cultural advocate and she walks with a really big stick.. which as we all know demands respect. If she ever stood up straight Bitsa would without doubt be taller than she is bent over, but Bitsa is as Bitsa is and we all love her curved up ball of a self.
Early on a day which felt like a sunday I heard a clear crisp heavily Macedonian accented voice booming across my grandmaother’s back yard. The sound made me stand up to see what was going on. I cracked open the ancient plastic fly screen hanging from gran’s backdoor and peered into the garden. (more…)
