BADEK NEWS 51
One. Light a candle for the Earth. This year marks the fifth anniversary of Earth Hour in Canada- Saturday, March […]
Nice to Have a Friend like Max Brod (“Franz Kafka, Biography” by Max Brod, Da Capo Press, USA, 1995)
Yes, indeed. It’s nice to have a friend like Max Brod (1884-1968) who is best known for his historical novels, […]
Jubilant Girls’ Get-together or Happy Birthday, Valya!
International BADEK Club has on agenda: Happy Birthday, Valya! Rimma Levchenko took a floor: “Dear friend-classmate of ours! In our […]
“Snow-Clad is the Plain, and the Moon is White, Covered with a Shroud is my Country Side. Birches Dressed in White are Crying as I see. Who is Dead, I wonder? Is it Really Me?” {S. Esenin, 1925} A LETTER TO HOME
“How do you do do, my dear parents and sister Emma? I’m o’kay, glad to meet you at home. I […]
Immersing into Kafka’s World (Franz Kafka “Metamorphosis” and Other Stories, Penguin Classics, Deluxe Edition, 2008)
To better attune yourself into Kafka’s world, listen to:“Vi iz dus gesehen?-Where is the Village?”, performing the Barry Sisters To […]
Jubilant Girls’ Get-together or Happy Birthday, Gena!
I was born in the Russian city of Bryansk, so my classmates Nelly Gopina, Lyuda Krokhina, Lyusya Kuznetsova, Galya Kalinina, […]
He is Always With Us
Among Russians there is a saying that all in vain to wait for good weather at the sea shore because […]
The Only Legacy My Father Left for Me was an Insatiable Quest for My Connections to the Heritage of the Motherland (“The Czech Legion 1914-20”, Men-at-Arms-447, Osprey Publishing, David Bullock* Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro, 2009.
This is why I am interested in the Czech legion (1914-20) because my father Viktor Holly had many friends from […]
Burn, Burn, My Candle, who Lights Our 40-days’ Commemoration of Gennadiy.
To-day 40 candles are lit up for 40-days’ remembrance of Gennadiy’s passing. Each candle is a personal memory. Me and […]
BADEK NEWS 50
One. Russia votes in presidential election. Prime Minister Vladinir Putin won Russia’s presidential election on Sunday, March 4th, 2012, according […]