“Disaster never comes alone”, so it is said precisely. Just yesterday I mentioned about the big catastrophic flooding in Calgary, High River and in Canmore, but today early in the morning in Calgary the bridge collapsed near Ogden shops when the long CPR cargo train was passing by, two cars were ruined completely. Thank goodness,…
Hey, Mother Nature. Is that all you got? Starting last Thursday and continuing up to next four days heavy rains ruined Southern Albertan cities: High River, Canmore, Calgary. In the midst of the chaos caused by the swollen Bow and Elbow rivers, there has been much good news. First respondents and army personnel slogged through…
Miki Reeder, Event Director of Gas & Oil Expo, 2013 said in his address to the exhibitors: “This year is the largest Gas & Oil Expo produced to date, not just in expanded exhibit space, but in record pre-registration number (up 25% over 2011)!” To-day Janko and me are at the Stampede grounds, BMO four…
There is the Park named after Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875), situated in the centre of the city of Bryansk, Middle Russia. At the end of this article one can see the photo gallery of the wooden statues from it. Above all, the wooden image of Russian humor-satire Kozma Prutkov, a biting satire on arrogant and…
The friends of class (1947-1954) are now in their seventies. But look at them at the photos of 2013 (above and below) how they look beautiful, full of vigor, energy, creative and zest for life. This group of close friends since childhood has often got together and celebrates the milestones in their lives: birthdays, anniversaries etc….
Till we remember our loved ones they’re still with us. Listen to the song: Anna German, “A Letter to Chopin” …
Here he is, Andrey Mironov who sings for us: “My Friends of Yesterday” The favorite artist of our young days performs brilliantly in the movie “The Straw Hat”. He’s light, sparkling with talent, unrepeatable Mironov. “Do you remember Andrey Mironov?”, I asked Lusya Kuznetsova, one of my classmates of yesterday, who was known for her…
Listen to the beautiful sound of Beethoven’s :CPO “Ode to Joy” This time we are at the Jack Singer Hall where the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra usually performs and music was dedicated on January 28, 2013 to all who graduated from the Calgary and Region’s only comprehensive community college, Bow Valley College. Fast,focused, and flexible, creating work-ready graduates…
This New 2013 Year has crawled to us so imperceptibly as if a cat playing hide-and-seek game with a mouse. Here it is the 2012th at one moment, and at the other moment it has been been already 2013th. Where is that borderline? A cat and a mouse don’t know. And what about us? Neither…
On her way from Nova-Sad, Serbia back home to Russia where Emma was visiting with her daughter’s family she stopped in Moscow. Arts was her long-term hobby, so Emma went to the Moscow Sate Art Gallery of Alexander Shilov on September 28, 2012. To the left is Emma’s photo and to the right is the photo…