The Muddy Way – Tales from Somartin’s Soil

(Photo of Somartin – March 2023 taken by the author – The Earthway is the bright red house, cottage and […]

Corey leans against a weathered post on The Earthway Residence’s 100m² veranda—Somartin Nr 4, a restored Saxon house, cottage, and

Dawn crept over Somartin’s fields, clay soil dark and breathing, no longer the slick foe Corey first wrestled. The Carpathian

Corey crouched by the brick mass heater, its glow warming the slate floor of The Earthway’s 120m² veranda—natural Carpathian stone,

The ruin stood like a cracked crown over Somartin, its Saxon wall framing the year’s grand swap—a market the village

The Brew (April 11, 2025) The barn’s floor gleamed under the bare bulb—large, red Timișoara bricks, heavy with 1989’s Revolution,

Date: Winter 2055 Setting: Somartin’s Saxon house stands stubborn in Transylvania’s wild sprawl, snow dusting its weathered stone, the veranda

Setting: The Saxon yard in Somartin, Transylvania—mud rules the sprawl behind the barn, a rough scar of forgotten land, boots

ch through with wild clucks, feathers ruffling. “Play’s the spark,” Corey says, tossing a crust to a hen darting past,

Date: Early Spring 2025 Setting: Somartin’s Saxon yard, Transylvania—mud’s softening under an early spring sun slanting low, the patch a