“you never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”
-bob marley
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image credit: rogue nasa
Mar8
Tag Archives: russia
Feb26
for ukraine.
The village of Dzembronya, in the Carpathian Mountains,
is often called the place where the clouds are born,
because it is the highest mountain settlement in Ukarine.
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“people do not want war.
war springs from causes wholly outside the lives, interests, and feelings of the people.”
-frederic clemson howe
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photo credit: Roksana.Bashyrova/WikiCommons
Sep20
russia!
russian festival day
a little taste of everything
lots and lots of happy dancing
traditions, tea, wine, beer, language, music, religion, art, history
loved experiencing this culture
the people so passionate about it
and all so new to me.
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“a nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.”
-mahatma gandhi
Jul6
extraordinary.
rereading one of my favorite books
well-worn/well-loved
dr. zhivago
sweeping epic set in russian history
extraordinary characters
extraordinary times
pasternak a poet
i would love for it to have
a different ending
for just one reading
yet know
it would not be
the story it was meant to be.
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“literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people,
and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.”
-boris pasternak
Jul17
wits end.
“i would challenge you to a battle of wits, but i see you are unarmed.”
-william shakespeare
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photo credit: gregory dukor/reuters, google images
Feb23
and now, for a bit of beautiful news from russia
npr ran a series of photos, taken by russians, immersed in their everyday lives.
in spite of the politics and the games, life goes on as always.
We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon. – Konrad Adenauer
I didn't have my glasses on.... 