The wind is rattling the windows again. It’s colder in our neighbourhood, up on the hills, higher than the center. We are up near Batiy’s Mountain, as they call it, a place where some warlord named Batiy once came and pitched his tent to survey the city below him. And on quiet nights around here,Continue reading “Snow-beaten”
Category Archives: Ukraine
I have missed the European gloom
It’s the sort of thing you don’t expect to miss, not really, but there you go. It’s the gloom that makes you appreciate tea, cashmere, stockings, cats, the long hiss of the electric kettle, the howling of dogs in the night. You discover the true value of cinnamon, picture albums, and the feeling that aContinue reading “I have missed the European gloom”
“New Wives For Old”: Older Men, Younger Women, and Cindy McCain
When I was a teenager, a couple of relatives cautioned me about marriage: “Never go for a younger man, or even a man your age. Go for the older ones, who have money and success and no energy to leave you.” This advice did not just materialize out of the ether: nearly all the womenContinue reading ““New Wives For Old”: Older Men, Younger Women, and Cindy McCain”
Brawl in Ukrainian Parliament
I love how the news still insists that Yuschenko is our “pro-Western” leader, when he is, in fact, our pro-Yuschenko leader. At least they’ve eased up on the “OMIGOD he was so HOT before he was poisoned” stuff, or so it would seem. The vultures are perched up high and watching.
Dear John McCain – No thank you
I was listening to Voice of America in Ukrainian the other day, and lo and behold, there was a segment on how McCain is targeting Ukrainian-American voters. And his entire shtick with that is apparently “f*ck Russia… I mean, I will help keep Ukraine independent.” No, you’ll just “help” split Ukraine in two. I’ve saidContinue reading “Dear John McCain – No thank you”
Natalia A. 