First. Calgary, Pine Hill Park. The Wild Rose gets into blossom. Watch on the photo from there. To-day, June 25th, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. is a BIG CLEAN UP in the local park, street or alley. The City of Calgary Waste and Recycling Services will be on site to collect materials from residents [...]

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To attune your ear to the Western mood, listen to the music:“Grandma’s Courting Again” Wilf Carter
Since last time in 2008 when we visited with Gleb the heritage Park in Calgary, many changes happened to be. To the left thelegacy of the Heritage Park and to the right photo of Janko just at the heritage Park [...]

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As everyone sees that those are paraphrased verses of Great Russian poet Alexander Sergeyvich Pushkin (1799-1837) who started his novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” translated by Kozlov S.N., Moscow 1994, only he wrote about his uncle. Chapter one of it opens with “He hurries up to live, As well as he does to feel”, K. [...]

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Listen to the song: “Dear Mother of Mine”
Dear Mother of Mine! Your grave is in Bryansk, Russia, with the inscription on the tomb: “Filina Maria Yakovlevna (1907-1985)”. On June 15 you would have been 104. I know for sure that the regular people do not live so long. But I am your daughter, that means [...]

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