Despite being broke and living in the jungles of Novogireyevo. Lev and I listen to the Marriage of Figaro on Saturday mornings. At night, I can leave Lev with daddy and go trudging through the snow. The soldiers outside the barracks near the ponds still offer me their cigarettes. Nikolay Khomeriki still tells me allContinue reading “I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent”
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A picture by Sasha Andrusyk is a Kiev tradition by now
…And Holy God, it is amazing how much Lev looks like his father here. Like, we broke out some of Alexey’s old baby pictures and had a look recently – and it is ridiculous, how physically similar father and son are (though the forehead and the hair are clearly mine, all mine đ ). Incidentally,Continue reading “A picture by Sasha Andrusyk is a Kiev tradition by now”
A preemptive hysterical fit
I have to spend 13 hours on a packed train with a baby very shortly. The baby is in a screamy mood. I need time and space to finish my book and I do not have these things. You know what, I wish my jaw would stop hurting. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK, JAW?Continue reading “A preemptive hysterical fit”
Possibly my two favourite photos from the year 2011
One: And two: Happy New Year, guys! Let’s hope it’s a good one, etc.
Natalia A. 