“Between Us It Happened all: And Happiness, and Sadness” (Veronica Tushnova,1969) or Happy Birthday, Mom!
“Between us it happened all: And happiness, and sadness, And long talks at evening fall…” Happy Birthday, my only beloved […]
“Gee’d up, Gleb!”
“Gee’d up, Gleb! Sun is out!”, with such words Robin, our neighbor’s daughter, addressed Gleb, inviting him and Liza for […]
“Looking-Glass, Looking-Glass on the Wall, Who in This Land is Fairest of All?” (Grimm’s “Snow White”)
“Thou art fairer than all, Lady Queen, But more beautiful still is Snow White, as I ween ” ( I […]
“Chinook”, Put Winter on Hold!, “Snow-Eater” is called.
“Chinook” is a Pacific Indian word meaning “snow-eater” as a strong Chinook can make snow one foot deep almost vanish […]
“Oh Muse of Mourning, the Most Beautiful of Muses, Oh, Thee, Crazy Nightmare of White Nights!” (Marina Tsvetaeva, June 19, 1916, dedicated to Anna Akhmatova)
We are having as a guest to-day a young poetess Karina Verigina,13, from Saint Petersburg, Russia.Her long term childhood friend […]