Liankacreations

  I knew it, I always knew it! Oh, no, I didn't know, I felt it!  I'm writing a post, emotions are beating over the edge... I don't know where to start from/ who to start with... the post is being written thanks to my husband, but I'll start with dad. To begin with, my dad was a “storyteller.”  No, he didn't write fairy tales, he told them. The main fairy tale of our family: the swarthiness of the skin and brown eyes were inherited by him and my younger sister from the great-great-grandmother of a gypsy who ran away from the gypsy camp.  Look at our photos, how different we are. Our parents told us that I looked like my grandfather (dad's dad), and my sister looked like my grandmother (his mother).  To be honest, I believed in it as a child. As I grew up, I began to doubt whether my parents would come up with anything. I don't even know about Dad, if he believed his own words. You can't ask now. When dad was no longer with us, but the Internet and social...

  It is my day off. I went to the rendezvous today…rendezvous with the ocean.  Good thing I don't need to make an appointment for this. I hate appointments. LOL. When I first moved to New Bedford, the ocean was WOW! for me. I admired it, its power, waves, wind, smell, boats, even seaweed, and huge seagulls, of course.  I was collecting seashells and taking them home every time until… Until I get used to the fact that the ocean is here, it’s not going anywhere. And I am here too. Sometimes I can smell it in my backyard, if the wind is blowing in the right direction. I am happy to know that yes, there is an ocean 15 minutes away from here. But I hardly find the time to visit it. Pity. My colleague talked about her hobbies, something like she needs to find a new hobby… I am thinking, should I create a hobby of visiting the ocean once a month? Can I call it a hobby?  Maybe it’s better to call it a tradition?  What do we need to create a new tradition? A company, a r...

  June, 2024 Recently my library got a donation (a box with riddle cards), something like American Riddles. I tried a few cards, didn’t get any answers, not even the wrong ones, lol. But I came up with my own riddle: the house smells like garlic and onion, but there is no meal cooking on the stove.  While you are thinking, I will tell you what I learned on one of the Russian independent YouTube channels. However, you may have already seen or read about it in the news.  An U.S. soldier (Gordon Black) was detained in Russia last week. Today, the Vladivostok court sentenced him to almost 4 years in a penal colony. There are a couple of links to the articles I found and read. They actually answered my questions about how he ended up in Russia and so on. But before learning his story, I thought of him and remembered my “life insurance” experience.  It was 2018, I know the year because in 2018 I went to Russia.  My husband mentioned a few times that I should get life ...

  Summer has officially begun for us on Sunday evening - we watered the garden.  Actually, my husband started watering the flower and vegetable beds a couple of days ago. But I didn't take it seriously: it often rained and was cool at night. But now… My eyes itch from pollen, allergy pills are a necessary breakfast supplement. And… watering the gardens. But I don’t complain, don’t I? My Tomsk friend Marina put on a coat when she and her husband went to watch the half marathon* in Tomsk. Forecasters predict frosts from 32° to 26°F in the north of the Tomsk region on June 4 and 5. And in general, in the first half of June, the air temperature will be 2-4°  below normal. Meanwhile, forests are burning in Buryatia**. Since May 26, a ban on visiting forests has been introduced in the republic. Nevertheless, the Buryat Republican agency reports that more than 440 people are extinguishing forest fires in an area of over 34 hectares. It is believed that the cause of the occurrenc...