He studied theater direction at the Russian Academy of the Theater Arts. For free. He studied documentary filmmaking with director Marina Razbezhkina. Also for free. And while he studied for free, he always had ways of “giving back” – whether it’s helping organize a drama lab in a remote town, or put on a playContinue reading “For the sake of perspective on student debt: my husband got two first-class educations. For free.”
Monthly Archives: January 2012
My love bought me white chrysanthemums
I put them in a crystal jug. The jug used to belong to my great-grandmother, who was a revolutionary, but also loved flowers. And white flowers in this time of year are a bit like inviting winter indoors – but asking it to wipe its feet and to generally act civilized.
Here’s my husband as a baby, for the sake of comparison
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A picture by Sasha Andrusyk is a Kiev tradition by now
…And Holy God, it is amazing how much Lev looks like his father here. Like, we broke out some of Alexey’s old baby pictures and had a look recently – and it is ridiculous, how physically similar father and son are (though the forehead and the hair are clearly mine, all mine đ ). Incidentally,Continue reading “A picture by Sasha Andrusyk is a Kiev tradition by now”
A preemptive hysterical fit
I have to spend 13 hours on a packed train with a baby very shortly. The baby is in a screamy mood. I need time and space to finish my book and I do not have these things. You know what, I wish my jaw would stop hurting. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK, JAW?Continue reading “A preemptive hysterical fit”
Natalia A. 