video – Natalia A.

Spring makes me wish I was in Kyiv

But, you know, Amman is alright for this sort of thing too.

The Undiscovered Country: Colossal Squid

The New Zealand scientists have an AWESOME blog on their progress with the colossal squid. Not to mention the live webcams! It’s two a.m. in Amman and I am riveted. Screw network television (with the notable exception of “LOST”), and screw sleep. Bill Nye, you weren’t lying when you told my 7th grade self thatContinue reading “The Undiscovered Country: Colossal Squid”

A little bit of poetry, because the world is hard

Not from me, but from a much more gifted individual – Mr. Sim Stafford. This poem “Untouched It,” is probably one of the most beautiful things I’ve had the honour to publish so far. Here’s a music video to one of my favourite songs, a song I used to listen to on repeat in theContinue reading “A little bit of poetry, because the world is hard”

My City the year before I was born

… With a whole lot less billboards and cars. Still the same City though. The home of Bulgakov like he would never see it – except that something about his descriptions of it is still tattooed on every stone, old and new. “Як тебе не любити, Києве мій?” The seeming benevolence of the City asContinue reading “My City the year before I was born”