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This is the last and final post of the Steps to Health series. No doubt, I will be sharing more tips in the coming future. However, I feel it is a good idea to end up this series with the idea that you are not alone in this world. And I [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, aliens and dogs, behold my best post ever. And you know what? It is not my best post because of my, er, questionable writing skills. Nor because I have had the best idea since the antibiotics. No, it will be because of you.
That’s right. I am going to propose [...]
Season’s Greetings!
When the snow sweeps in, softening Perm’s harsh, concrete contours, it also brings with it expectations of the forthcoming festive season – something which children especially look forward to. For most Russian kids, New Years celebrations are the highlight of the year – a night with plenty of food, presents, candy, exotic fruit, [...]
Hi all; this post is very old. I wrote it three years ago, when I was working for street children. I hope you’ll forgive me for this intrusion in the normal themes of this blog. I’m a bit starved for time, but still I feel obliged to you, my few and loyal readers.
I hope, [...]
And let me tell you why:
In fact, if it had not been for a good-hearted turnpike-man, and a benevolent old lady, Oliver’s troubles would have been shortened by the very same process which had put an end to his mother’s; in other words, he would most assuredly have fallen dead upon the king’s highway. But [...]
I still can remember the words from the living legend. It was back when I was in the Seminary. Our small chapel was crowded to the last spot. We were celebrating a Mass. The priest was young, with lion hair and was vested with a rustic stole. In other people that would be meant few [...]
I watched it on TV last Christmas. A Spanish TV channel was covering the accreditation of Spanish adoption agencies in Russia, which had been interrupted for the last two years. (Here’s a link to a low quality version of the report, in Spanish)
During this time, however, many Russian orphans have spent their holidays with temporary [...]
