At the table, where six people are eating four pieces of pie, the decision is usually made by the first person to yell «Chur!» «Chur, that’s mine!» Or in English…
«In a black-and-black city, on a black-and-black street, in a black-and-black house… From there, many parents will make their own arrangements. The narrator’s voice becomes quieter and quieter. Black-and-black…
The names and identifying details of every student here are changed, as they are everywhere on the blog. Zoya came in…
Record yourself on a tape recorder. Three minutes, about anything. How the day went, what you watched yesterday. Then listen. The first feeling in your…
In any American office where two Russian-speaking people work, you can hear something like this: «I'll send you the file by email; it's in the attachment…"
Mom called at the end of April, when I was still looking at the tickets, and said that she had booked me a place at Galey on Malysheva…
First school morning. Misha can't find his sneakers; Sonya asks why she can't go to school with her hair messy, even though no one…
Here is a typical vacation request. It is rarely written, and the wording has to be recalled every time. «Please grant me annual paid leave with…
The names and identifying details of every student here are changed, as they are everywhere on the blog. The story I…
In the summer, in Russian families in California, Florida, and New Jersey, they say, «we’re going to the beach.» They gather towels, a shovel, and a panama hat. And behind…