Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american embassy, Belarus, diplomats, expelled, Minsk, persona non grata, sanctions on May 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
As most of you know by now Scott and I were among the diplomats who left Belarus on May 3rd. Ten (10) American diplomats were declared persona non grata and the 11th (Scott) left for administrative reasons.
This news wasn’t widely covered in the United States, but did finally make the May 12th episode of the [...]
Posted in Journal, Purls of Wisdom, Uncategorized, tagged gryffindor, Harry potter, hogwart's, hufflepuff, knitting, ravenclaw, slytherin, swap, yarn on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
WOW! I can’t believe it. HSKS5 has room for more students. If you knit and like to have a lot of fun, this is the place for you. There aren’t too many spots left so head on over to the main site and see what you need to do to register. You won’t want to miss one [...]
Posted in Journal, Purls of Wisdom, Uncategorized, tagged Belarus, friendship, HSKS, LYS, moving, politics, Russian language on April 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It’s Friday, but there’s no game night tonight. There’s no one left to have game night with. Olga did come by tonight to bring some chocolate and to say goodbye. She’s leaving for vacation tomorrow and I most likely will not see her again.
It’s funny, I never anticipated how I would react to saying goodbye [...]
