May 2007 – Page 4 – Natalia A.

Hooters

I’d never been to one before, so a friend of mine decided to treat me to lunch there as a kind of way to alleviate my suffering following yet another round of dental surgery (I might as well live at the dentist’s office). I was in a bit of a haze throughout the experience, butContinue reading “Hooters”

“War – It’s not just about Victory”

I found this collage here. The text is Ukrainian. The author goes by vaenn. Please click to enlarge. Maryxmas’ journal, by the way, is one of the most important contributions to the Ukrainian blogosphere, in my not-so-humble opinion. She’s not celebrating today. She feels sorry for both “those who lived to see Victory, and thoseContinue reading ““War – It’s not just about Victory””

Remember, remember

Everyone who suffered in the Great War. On this day, my maternal great-grandmother screamed and tore at her chest in the narrow bed with the curtains drawn – her son would not return. It was embarrassing to celebrate anything. But my great-grandmother is long gone and, we hope, at peace, because even her picture inContinue reading “Remember, remember”

When I came to this country

On My Grandmother’s 80th Birthday

I think about career. My grandmother was a successful physician and administrator who ended her working days after well over 50 years, more than half a century of infectious diseases and bureaucracies. I think about old age. I know how much she misses work – the starched white coat, the nurses flipping on the electricContinue reading “On My Grandmother’s 80th Birthday”