An Autumn Sonata – With Written Adagio Musings in Three Movements A sonata is a musical form generally composed of three or four different movements in contrasting musical styles and keys of music. The movements traditionally include a fast-opening movement, a slow second movement – an...
Writing Simply and Plainly & Maxim in L.A. - He Thought Perhaps One Day He Would Die in a Missile Strike which He Said Not with Fear, But with A Quiet and Accepted Reality of its Possibility. Пишучи просто і ясно & Максим в Лос-Анджелесі - він думав, що, можливо, одного разу він загине від...
Writing in the Shade of Trees - The Three-Year Anniversary, Milestones Along the Way & The Path Ahead The three-year anniversary of Writing in the Shade of Trees is soon coming up. At first, I thought it was the second anniversary, and that is how I started the first draft of this...
A Happy, Spirited Four-Year-Old Beams Proudly as She Pushes Her Own Pram Щаслива, енергійна чотирирічна дитина гордо сяє, штовхаючи своїх *** (I previously published this posting in July 2022. As my readership in Ukraine has increased to second in national number, I came back to this one to add...
Natalia’s Garden Before the Invasion & War & Update on Joseph the Cat of International Fame in Chernihiv, Ukraine Сад Наталії перед вторгненням і війною, оновлена інформація про Йосипа, кота міжнародної слави, в Чернігові, Україна The cover photo is of Natalia’s garden in Chernihiv in...
In the Barren Sands of Loneliness, Isolation & Despair It is wrong to think of the goal of art as only portraying the beautiful to the eye, for that may lead to superficiality, banality, and untruth. For there are many things that are beautiful, yes, but there are for humans, for those...
As I Begin to Write this, the Sun Came Out Behind Me and Flooded the Yard with Sunlight Коли я починаю це писати, сонце вийшло за мною і затопило двір сонячним світлом 10:58 a.m. Sunday, January 29, 2023 10:58 неділя, 29 січня 2023 р. It is a cool day, cloudy, with dark clouds capable of providing...
From Ukraine – A Family Photo Taken the Day After Christmas З України – сімейне фото, зроблене наступного дня після Різдва *** I am posting the text of this post also in Ukrainian so that those in Ukraine do not need to spend the very limited time when electricity is available in...