The Glitter of Teaching

As I walked home at 3 am, the snow on the sidewalk looked like glitter. Little perfectly-square dots of sparkly light reflected from the str...

A Brief History of Mytischi

The first known signs of human habitation around Moscow date from the Stone Age, where the remains of settlements from pre-historic societie...

Broken Children

On Mondays and Wednesdays I have a class of 16 year old girls (and one tiny, terrified 14 year old boy). They are at a pre-intermediate leve...

Pulsar

"I'm married." The incredibly hot brunette who was grinding her ass into my crotch on the dance floor panted into my ear, her ...

Fish Tales

Last night I had a strange series of dreams about my former life in Canada. These dreams brought me, with incredible realism, back to a time...

Winter Wonderland

Over the past two weeks it has snowed constantly in this part of Russia, and everything is covered in a thick blanket of soft white snow. It...

с новым годом

с новым годом (S Novim Godom) is Russian for Happy New Year, a phrase I learned in the course of one day. That day, not surprisingly, was ...