So it’s only a “real” pregnancy when your belly is huge. Right.

I technically live two metro stops away from work right now (hopefully not for long – for reasons I’d rather not get into at the moment), but since the Park Kultury station serving the brown circle line has been closed for renovation until the end of the year (!!!!!!!!!!), I prefer to take the busContinue reading “So it’s only a “real” pregnancy when your belly is huge. Right.”

Happy wedding picture/ignoring the world sort of post

I realize I should be writing profound posts about the situation in Egypt, or else writing profound posts about all of the crap random “observers” have said to me since Anna was killed at Domodedovo, or protesting some other form of injustice or stupidity, but I just honestly want to ignore the world for now.Continue reading “Happy wedding picture/ignoring the world sort of post”

Remembering the summer

Right now, it seems that summer is something that happens to other people. Still, I have pictures proving otherwise. I wait for this year’s summer with the knowledge that when it comes, I’ll be set to become a parent. I guess that this may seem a little odd, all things considered, though it was lastContinue reading “Remembering the summer”

Life, death and pomegranate therapy

If times are not good, it may be a good time to eat a pomegranate. Not only is that thing rich in iron, when in the process of devouring it, you may begin to understand why it’s symbolic of spring. I don’t believe that there is a “proper” way to eat a pomegranate – justContinue reading “Life, death and pomegranate therapy”

Rest in peace, Anna

Playwright Anna Yablonskaya is among the dead at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport today. We heard it from her family. This photo of Anna was taken by my husband a few years ago – back when he wasn’t my husband. As you can see, Anna was very beautiful. She left behind her husband – and a littleContinue reading “Rest in peace, Anna”