“Chekhov was Srikingly Handsome, Lightly Bearded, with Hair Swept back off his High Forehead, and Immaculately Dressed…” (Book “Brief lives: Anton Chekhov” by Patrick Miles, Hesperus Press Limited, 2008, Jordan)

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was the third of seven children in the family, lived very hard life in Taganrog. (Photo of the book and our improvisations in the post). There was no denying the Chekhovs’ lowly origins, but one cannot exaggerate the influence of the steppe on Anton Chekhov’s love of personal and spiritual freedom. In…

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Where Are You, My Childhood Friend Shmoulik the Orphan? Respond. No Response. (from the book “My Father, Sholom Aleichem” by Marie Waife-Goldberg, Sholom Aleichem Family Publications, 1999, NY, USA.)

Listen to the music:Chorale la Cle des Chants- Shalom Aleichem Page 46 from this book reads:”Writing about his childhood playmate in Woronko, Shmoulik the Orphan, who was raised by the local Rabbi, half a century later in “From the Fair”, my father still marveled at that small boy’s inexhaustible imagination, which, he said, enriched his…

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BADEK’S NEWS 35

First.Congratulations, Calgary! Newly elected mayor Naheed Nenshi , 38- year-old Mount Royal University business professor, won the elections on Monday the 18th, whose campaign team seems at times both at ease and surprised by its come-from-behind victory. Calgary has transcended itself and will now be seen as a city of difference, a city that elected…

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BADEK’S NEWS 34

First. Local songwriter Sora was commissioned to write a song to help commemorate the 100th anniversary of Calgary Family Services, the organization founded by the McKillop family a century ago. Sora is a local singer and a mother of four young kids who gets a lot of her inspiration from ancient Greek and Сeltic myths,…

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