Контент 18+ Although I am in Bulgaria now, I was reminded yesterday of something I always thought was beautiful in Russia — the part of Maslenitsa, the Sunday of that week, when people are supposed to ask forgiveness from those they feel they have wronged. I don’t know how many really put this into practice, nor could I hope to guess if it is always expressed as a sincere sentiment … Read the rest
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Jubilee Atop the Last Mountain
Контент 16+ As night and death come to us all, so does morning with its breakfast smells and crowing roosters and, if you are lucky, your lover’s first kiss of the day.
So it was with us, waking up at that truck-stop somewhere in Romania. I rose first, squired the dogs around and about the large parking area and border of woods, gave Liuba a peck on the cheek, and … Read the rest
From the Heart to the Distant Fingertips
Контент 16+ In my last blog, just over a week ago, I wrote on the subject of “Change”. I guess for me a lot has changed recently. I finally decided to leave Moscow once and for all and come to live in the Bulgarian village of Bliznatsi. Retirement is the last thing on my mind, but to me, the unthinkable finally came to pass: going from Moscow seemed the best … Read the rest
