Who was the enemy? What past wrong was she seeking to avenge? Where was her battlefield? Not in any one place. It was in the air all around, it was in the texture of the world itself; or it was somewhere visible, it was in among the neurons, the tiny incandescent fires of the brainContinue reading “Boy With Berries, Girl With Gun”
Category Archives: Ukraine
Someone told me today
That Kyiv is undergoing the same changes that Moscow did about 7 – 8 years ago, and this is probably true. Although there is something about Kyiv, some burnished, fuzzy softness, an air of (deceptive?) calm, that I don’t want it to ever lose. People are always saying that “things were better two years ago,”Continue reading “Someone told me today”
Orthodox Churches
Are still the most beautiful places of worship in the world, as far as I’m concerned. They radiate warmth. As critical as I am of the religious establishment, I can give credit where credit is due. There’s a fairly new church in my neighbourhood, in Ostrovskii Park, with bright blue cupolas. So much work went intoContinue reading “Orthodox Churches”
There’s nothing like…
… Seeing a chartered bus full of middle-aged British males pressing on toward Kyiv from the border. Especially when said middle-aged British males start leering at you at a gas station. Leering and muttering, none too quietly either, because anyone who has stepped out of a car with Kyiv plates will obviously not speak any English.Continue reading “There’s nothing like…”
In a bar the other night
Someone asked me about jet-lag, and I was stupid enough to say that I’m “totally fine.” Now I’m up at three a.m., listening to the sound of footsteps on the pavement outside my window. Say what you want about this neighbourhood (and I’ve said a lot, over the years), the footsteps here always sound exceptionallyContinue reading “In a bar the other night”
Natalia A. 