A FRIENDLY FACE (September 4, 2011)

I dreamt that I woke up and raised my head to look through the window. It was sunny out there. Right outside the house I saw Dina Pilat, who was carrying a large tray with drinks. She was working as a waitress in a neighboring café. When she saw me, she waved her free hand at me, and I waved her back. And then I actually woke up. My beloved was next to me. We both took an afternoon nap in her apartment in Zagreb. When I first came to Motovun, Dina was working in the bank on the lower square, where Klaudio Ivašić recently opened his pizzeria. She has been working in Zoran Radojčić’s souvenir shop ever since the bank closed several years ago. Of course, no café can be seen from my house in Motovun. The dream only reminded me that this is where I will be going tomorrow afternoon. And Dina has always been a friendly face in the hilltown.