*cough* But here’s a piece I did on the Christmas festivities (the old-calendar, Orthodox Christmas is still ahead, so… there you go).
Monthly Archives: December 2006
A gorgeous old building smack in the center of Kiev
Bears the following sign: (translated from Ukrainian) DEAR MAYOR THE BUILDING IS CRUMBLING SAVE US
My cousin the actress
Gets her clothes cut with a real knife during every performance of “Prologue to King Lear” (for more information, please go here, although it doesn’t look as though they have the info on the new play up yet). If the knife slips… And I thought writing was crappy.
Doing research for my book
Has been a sobering experience. In Ukraine, law & order stands on shakier ground than I thought, and I don’t mean the TV show. But it’s so damn beautiful here though, you tend to forget about these things, at least for a while. And you tend to believe, and I still do, that everything isContinue reading “Doing research for my book”
I saw a friend today, oh boy
I haven’t seen Sasha in 12 years. She’s a very pretty dyed blonde now, and she has breasts, as do I, but otherwise, little has changed. The wind is whipping up snow, and I don’t think I will ever forget how she sat in that little wooden chair in a cafe on a street namedContinue reading “I saw a friend today, oh boy”
Natalia A. 