Not many hours are left before coming to Canadian soil a Happy New 2018 Year. We would like to wish you a very prosperous, healthy and safe year to come. As it is mostly loved and celebrated feast of the year, we want you to listen to this beautiful performance of “Nutcracker” by New…
“They say that the Earth is rotating quicker and quicker, Years as birds are flying fast, And we’re ageing as slow , as possible, as I consider, That we’ll live till ZERO, No need to reckon ages, We’ll figure out ourselves… then.” Rimma Levchenko-Mitichkina This morning at 11-00 a.m. by Moscow time on December 28,…
This poem was composed by E. Yevtushenko 40 years ago and sounded as if he himself predicted his own death happened to be this year. I am reading a wonderful book of collection of Yevtushenko’s verses (the book itself is a piece of art published as a series of Library of World Famous Literature with…
“Did you know, Klinton, that your Grandpa James saw the first Holiday train in 1999 when you were not born yet?” I asked 9 y.o. boy who is visiting the Anderson station in Calgary on this special occasion to see the Holiday CPR Train. “No, I did not.” he answered. “Then, listen, what your Grandpa…
The First. The world famous Russian baritone singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky (1962-2017) died in London not long ago. His talent as an artist and as a decent human being was so great that it is impossible to describe in words. It’s enough to look at his portrait and listen to his unrepeatable and unforgettable voice. The sincere…
Big sports event in Calgary today: school kids run Terry Fox Run or as it is officially stated “Ambulance Chasers Charity Run”. With fierce determination Terry, who was diagnosed with bone cancer, ran an average of 42 kilometres (26 miles) every day for 143 days. Terry was forced to end his run on September 1,…
Pasternak is not my favourite poet and writer. Nevertheless, this book “LARA” by Anna Pasternak is interesting to read for understanding the atmosphere in literary milieu of Soviet period in Russia. Having done research on this topic, I came to conclusion that there were no wrongs and rights at that period of time. Mr. Pasternak,…
“Dear Sir, I’ve read your book as thoroughly as possible and I’m familiar with the topic you espouse on which you’ve based your philosophy and teachings. In a perfect world in which people live, work, have friends and ideal environment, clean, unpolished without real stress and having the luxury to spend time and effort to…
It’s nice sometimes to read a novel, a work of fiction where names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination. In this case, prepare yourselves to read it as a fairy-tale. Protagonist is Count Alexander Rostov. In the novel Mr. Rostov is always asked about how to be a princess (by…
The other day Lidia May visited my Mucha Salon. We conversed about many things in life. Valentina (1): Lidochka, where were you born? Lidia (2): In one small town in Russia. When I became 18 years old, I moved to Saint-Petersburg. (1): Where did you study? (2): In the same city of Saint Petersburg and…