The bump and I made it over for a media conference – a very good media conference – but its contents sadly don’t fit the format of this blog, though they do fit the format of my work. It was good to wind up back in London precisely at that moment, reminding yourself that LondonContinue reading “London at the beginning of spring”
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Pregnant with a “patriarchal oppressor”!
(Officially confirmed by ultrasound. But I knew as much anyway.) If my instincts are correct, this one will be a boy’s boy. A bit of an Alexander the Great (or Alexander of Macedonia, as they call him around here) underneath it all. A combination of his father’s spirit and his mother’s dorkage, I think. OneContinue reading “Pregnant with a “patriarchal oppressor”!”
So I got married over the weekend
And here’s my favourite fuzzy iPhone photo from the reception, held at that den of vice known as Teatr.doc, perhaps one of Moscow’s most controversial and interesting theaters: Photo courtesy of Igor Stam – terrific actor and well-known hurler of bottles. Thankfully, no bottles were hurled on this occasion. I wore jewelry that belonged toContinue reading “So I got married over the weekend”
Every once in a while, you just need some Shakira
A classic from my high school years:
The New Year in Kiev, by Sasha Andrusyk
My blood pressure fell suddenly, like it sometimes does these days. I came alive maybe half an hour later after Sasha took this picture, when medicine was found. The baby started moving just two days before. It woke me up on the train. It’s too early for me to actually feel kicks, but I feelContinue reading “The New Year in Kiev, by Sasha Andrusyk”
Natalia A. 