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The White House Rant & Maxim, My Close Ukrainian Friend Visits Los Angeles & Sitting by Our Fireplace, He Speaks of Seeing the Drones Fly into Kyiv from His Apartment Window – Висловлювання в Білому домі & Максим, мій близький український друг відвідує Лос-Анджелес і, сидячи біля нашого каміна, розповідає, що бачив, як дрони летіли на Київ з вікна своєї квартири
The White House Rant & Maxim, My Close Ukrainian Friend Visits Los Angeles & Sitting by Our Fireplace, He Speaks of Seeing the Drones Fly into Kyiv from His Apartment Window Висловлювання в Білому домі & Максим, мій близький український друг відвідує Лос-Анджелес і, сидячи біля нашого...
In General, the Country Lives, People Work as Best They Can, and Everyone Dreams of One Thing: PEACE!! This is Our Common Ukrainian Dream – Загалом країна живе, люди працюють як можуть, і всі мріють про одне: МИР!! Це наша спільна українська мрія
In General, the Country Lives, People Work as Best They Can, and Everyone Dreams of One Thing: PEACE!! This is Our Common Ukrainian Dream - Загалом країна живе, люди працюють як можуть, і всі мріють про одне: МИР!! Це наша спільна українська мрія *** This post begins with a quote from Alena,...
Los Angeles Fires & Emails with Friends in Ukraine – “When I Looked at the Photos of the Burned Houses in Your City, it Reminded Me … of Those Places and Cities in Ukraine that Were Destroyed After Enemy Shelling” – “Пожежі в Лос-Анджелесі та листування з друзями в Україні – “Коли я подивилася на фотографії спалених будинків у вашому місті, мені це нагадало… тих місць і міст України, які були зруйновані після ворожих обстрілів”
Los Angeles Fires & Emails with Friends in Ukraine – “When I Looked at the Photos of the Burned Houses in Your City, it Reminded Me … of Those Places and Cities in Ukraine that Were Destroyed After Enemy Shelling” - "Пожежі в Лос-Анджелесі та листування з друзями в Україні - "Коли я подивилася...
Paragraphs from this Website – Writing In The Shade Of Trees – Quoted in a Book for Academic and Popular Audiences – Another Milestone of Sorts
Laurie M. Johnson The Gap in God's Country A Longer View on our Culture Wars This book - The Gap in God's Country, A Longer View on our Culture Wars - written by Laurie Johnson, a professor of political science at Kansas State University, president of the Maurin Academy...
An Autumn Sonata – With Written Adagio Musings in Three Movements
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...
Sebastian – Non-Fiction Short Story Excerpt
Sebastian - Non-Fiction Short Story Excerpt Opening Paragraph … and then he paused and looked at me for a moment and smiled, not the smile of a street jokester or comedy club hopeful, but the smile of a person thoughtfully and sadly trying to connect the darkness and chill of the evening with the...
A Butter Pecan Ice Cream Cone at a Baskins-Robbins in Sacramento – She Held on to Her Walker with Hands so Gnarled and Misshapen that They Were Painful to Behold
A Butter Pecan Ice Cream Cone at a Baskins-Robbins in Sacramento - She Held on to Her Walker with Hands so Gnarled and Misshapen that They Were Painful to Behold *** I went to a Baskin-Robbins in Sacramento to pick up the ice cream cake - Oreo Cookie - for my grandson's birthday party. An...
A Tale of Two Grandfathers Separated by Distance and Some Years in Time
A Tale of Two Grandfathers Separated by Distance and Some Years in Time Los Angeles is a very diverse city and home to many diverse interracial marriages. When out grocery shopping, or in major public gatherings, such as a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, for me, interracial couples no longer...