by What do tea and health have in common? Well, if there is one thing that binds Indians, it is a cup of tea. We love so many types but also use them for healthy outcomes. They can be a cutting tea – so strong that only half a cup is enough. Such as masala […]
Christmas and New Year’s Books in Russian, French and English
by Every country I have ever lived in rolls out a smorgasbord of winter, Christmas and New Year themed books for children. There are always the reprints of the classics but I am constantly amazed by all the new books, stories and the beautiful illustrations. For this post I created a gallery of books from […]
Calendars of the World
by Way back, an undisclosed number of years ago (who wants to hint at their age after a certain point, right?!), I was a beginning Speech-Language Pathologist, experiencing all the thrills of a new career… and all the challenges, too. One of the biggest challenges of those first few months was a particular adult […]
Winter Holidays in Russia
by Winter Holidays in Russia or The Lucky Russians We Russians are quite proud of our winter holiday celebrations: the duration and scale of them is definitely impressive – the more the merrier! In general the winter holidays are the most fun and the longest. People go skiing, sledding in parks and forests, skating on […]