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Hedgehog in the Fog

January 1, 2010, 1:38 am by

We had a great time tonight celebrating the New Year with my counterpart Olha, Emma’s director (Olha’s father), and their family.  New Year in Ukraine is roughly equivalent to our Christmas – it’s a big family holiday with lots of traditions.  So we were honored to be invited to prazdnovat (праздновать) with some of our [...]

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There Once Was a Dog

November 13, 2009, 1:06 am by

Some time ago we got this old Russian cartoon from our language teacher called Жил-был пёс (zhil-buil pyos) – There Once Was a Dog. I found it lying around on the hard-drive again today and thought I’d share it. It’s a great little story based on a Ukrainian folk tale.  Beyond being a fun little [...]

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Why the password?

May 11, 2009, 8:33 pm by

FYI, there are a few reasons we put some of our posts behind a password. First of all, it’s for our personal safety.  The communities we live in here adopt us and, for the most part, keep us safe.  But we’ll be living in the same — possibly remote – place for so long, that Peace Corps [...]