This is what happens when we have artificially inflated prices + no real regulation of the market. I’m aware of the fact that I’m using the word “fun” rather loosely here.
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
“Like a circus trip on mescaline”
That’s how I feel about the Moscow real estate market at the moment. And not just because of our personal issues – which are numerous, and involve my mother’s own contested property in the center of the city. Meanwhile, our living arrangements are staying the same… for now… but there is a war between ourContinue reading ““Like a circus trip on mescaline””
I regret to inform my readers
That crappy landlady has died. I can’t say she was particularly nice to us – but she wasn’t an alcoholic or a thief either, and sometimes, that’s the best you can hope for. Rest in peace.
For the sake of perspective on student debt: my husband got two first-class educations. For free.
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.”
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.
Natalia A. 