Today the USA has welcomed me, as one of it's newly sworn-in citizens, with cookies, a string quartet, a letter from the president, and among other goodies in the "Homeland Security" giveaway bag - a little flag. Cute. We gave allegiance to the flag, and the marine we were repeating after forgot the words. We sang the national anthem - nobody knew ( Read more... )

People watching is a lot like wildlife watching - you need to sit really quietly, almost motionless - the slightest eyebrow movement may scare them away, and listen very carefully. Everybody on the road has their story, and while many of these people would want to keep these stories to themselves back home, on the road they spill out like an ( Read more... )

Вот вспомнилось...
Ню-Йорк, лет шесть назад. Утренник в детском саду. Выступает моя сестра, со стишком придуманным воспитательницей. В зале бабушки да дедушки - утренник для них.

Старость не радость,а большое счастье.
Ведь в жизни главное не финиш, а участие!Вот потом рожай, и отдавай в надёжные руки "своих" педагогов в странах первого мира. ( Read more... )

Not that anybody should need the upcoming "holiday" to gift a loved one, but I just ran across some great fun stuff like this Stacked cup here, but considering our lifestyle would probably prefer the Bottle ‘Biner.
from http://www.worldwidefred.com

( Stacked Cup & the Bottle ‘Biner )

Got e-published in TravelMag magazine...

On February 15, 9am, I will be taking an oath making me a citizen of the US.

Good to know what I should be expecting from the Laws of This Land
courtesy of fruggan

Hi! LJ screwed up big time and deleted all the Friends from stusik-i-sharik!
We tried to ask LJ for help, but they are saying they can't do anything.. :(
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It's done with. The reason we turned around and went right back to this continent instead of continuing to Africa as was planed ( Read more... )

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