Liankacreations

  Do you wear an apron when you cook? I do…just… I often put it on after I get some stains on my clothes.  I like all of my three aprons, really do. Also I like my other clothes, even stained ones. So I try to find a way to decorate/camouflage the spots.  Look, here is a T-shirt I ruined last Christmas… The decor is called Alabama Chanin t-shirt design. I found it on Pinterest. I think it might look different. I chose this one. There is a long sleeve T-shirt. I don’t know the exact name of the design…I just like it. To create a new design is wonderful. To make something really different, not like everyone else’s  - wonderful again.  But why would I need to mess up something in order to create?  Why not to prevent the appearance of spots? Why not put an apron before and not after?  What is it? Laziness or hope that everything will be fine.  I learned how to plan (not exactly my life, but in general) back in Russia, during my first marriage. I shoul...

  Today I had to remember to send two messages to Russia, one to my sister and the other to my godson. Why?.. Russians celebrate Tatiana's Day on January 25. I post about this holiday (not a real holiday, people are working) every year. A photo of my old postcard Tatiana Day is a Russian religious holiday observed on 25 January according to the Gregorian calendar ( January 12 according to the Julian). It is named after Saint Tatiana.  The martyr Tatiana lived in Rome at the turn of the II-III centuries, during the brutal persecution of Christians. She was raised in a Christian family, and devoted her whole life to serving God.  According to legend, for refusing to make a sacrifice to Apollo, Tatiana was tortured. But the next day the wounds always healed, and statues of pagan gods were destroyed three times through the prayer. Tatiana and her father were executed on 12 January 226.  Later, Tatiana of Rome was proclaimed a Saint, and the day of her death became Tatian...

  The half of the month of January passed by..  It’s The Epiphany (the Baptism of Christ) in Russia. Some people plunge into the ice hole. Church officials say that this is not necessary, it’s not a church custom. Nevertheless, about two thousand Tomichies participated in Epiphany bathing in the font on the Tom River in the regional center, a representative of the Department of Culture of the Tomsk City Hall told RIA Tomsk on Friday. I was happy my sons didn’t do this. At least they didn’t tell me. “The main thing about  Epiphany is to pray, confess and receive communion, and get some “holy” water.  People come to the Epiphany festive service with its indispensable prayer service for the consecration of water. The water is ordinary in origin and composition, which, after performing a special prayer service, acquired sanctifying, beneficial and healing properties. The prayer service is called water consecration, or water consecration. Holy water is not a magical panac...

                 Many years ago in Russia, I got sick. My American friend recommended that I rest and make my family cook some chicken soup for me. It sounded really funny at that time. I didn’t see any connection between flu and chicken soup.  After relocating to the US, I’ve learned that this is a very popular way to treat your cold. …cold or flu? To be honest I’ve never known the difference between them. I had to look it up online.  So, … the main difference is that the flu is caused by different types of viruses than the common cold.  Flu symptoms are usually much worse than cold symptoms, and they appear suddenly. The most common flu symptoms are fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, head and body aches. Colds are usually associated with a sore throat and runny nose. And cold symptoms usually appear gradually…                At the very end of last year  I caught a co...

  On Sunday, New Year’s Eve I picked up the last beets….from my garden. The fact that I live in New England, and not in Siberia really pleases me. I can keep some root vegetables in the ground for a very long time.  So, I gathered the vegetables, boiled them and cooked borscht a few days later. Anytime I make that soup, I smile.  Why?  There is a story about this*. One day in St. Petersburg** Daniel and I went to a restaurant called “Teplo”(Warm). The restaurant was located in the basement of the building across the street from our hotel. It was probably some “fancy” restaurant, we could only get there by reserving a table by phone.      To be honest, I don’t remember the details of the interior, but it was somehow crowded, a lot of tables, a lot of people, a lot of waiters scurrying back and forth. I was completely unaccustomed to restaurants, and I felt extremely uncomfortable. I wanted to have dinner and leave as soon as possible.    ...