Maria Tăut, 37, one village, 14 hens
I worked ten years in advertising, in Cluj and Bucharest, writing copy for things I did not need. In 2023 I moved into my grandmother’s house, in a village of 400 people, and started writing about what I see. I still work as an editor, remotely, for an agency in the Netherlands; the blog is evenings and Sundays.
I write about country life without idealising it (see the firewood and the chainsaws), about travelling through Romania on foot, by train and by car, and about the food I learn from the neighbours. One story a week, Sunday morning, since 2023 without a break.
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