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Babi Yar non-post

I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see.” There’s really nothing remotely clever or interesting that I can say about Babi Yar, aside from the fact that it’s a horrifying place to visit.Continue reading “Babi Yar non-post”

I’m sorry, but I need to immortalize this moment

Just for my own purposes. So I can come back and look at it later. It’s a scrapbook moment, and I don’t have a scrapbook. Just this blog.

Random picture is random: still life with grey cat

Sun came out for the first time in a long time. Fedya and houseplant both enjoyed. I only wish I could have gotten a video of him launching himself at the glass after spotting a very fat pigeon, then turning around with a look that said, “See? Am not just here for the lulz.”

Your spectacular GaGa gif of the day

What’s going on here is that my childhood fantasy is melding with my childhood nightmare. I knew that one of these days, someone, somewhere would seize upon my old obsession with crystal chandeliers than hung in the otherwise drab living rooms of the great aunts, and explode my brain with it. And that I wouldContinue reading “Your spectacular GaGa gif of the day”

While faffing about autumnal Kiev, I met a new love

But before I tell you about that, here are some tourist pictures (since it’s been dawning on me that most of the people who read this blog don’t really live in Kiev, and haven’t even been there): I took the funicular up from Podol, and took a look at the bell tower of the SofievskiyContinue reading “While faffing about autumnal Kiev, I met a new love”