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• 9.1.2023
  Crying it Out to Heal From Within
  
• 8.13.2023
  On Turning 11
  
• 6.25.2023
  Feelings of Melancholy
  
• 5.26.2023
  Remembering Melfi
  

• 11.11.2022
  Ode to Melfi
  
• 10.12.2022
  My Beloved Dog
  
• 6.19.2022
  Penned Letter to Fathers on Father’s Day
  
• 5.21.2022
  Russia’s Bitter Pill
  
• 3.18.2022
  War in Ukraine: A Story in Cartoons
  
• 3.15.2022
  How Does This War End?
• 3.10.2022
  Excerpts of Conversations From My Russian Community on Facebook
• 3.5.2022
  A Rude Awakening
  

• 11.17.2021
  Let’s Be Honest: Vaccine Mandate Stinks
  
• 11.3.2021
  On Saying Goodbye
  
• 6.4.2021
  When Pushkin met D’Anthès
  
• 6.2.2021
  Sinking into Summer
  

• 4.24.2020
  Finding Intimacy from 6 Feet Away
  

• 11.19.2018
  Ode to the Breakfast Club
  
• 8.21.2018
  The End of My Morning Routine
  
• 5.23.2018
  How Did it Happen?
  

• 11.24.2017
  The Gift of Forgiveness
  
• 11.1.2017
  Our New School
  
• 10.23.2017
  Gloominess on a Sunny Day
  
• 10.3.2017
  Displays of Affection I’m Proud to Share
• 7.22.2017
  A Good Day
  
• 5.26.2017
  Review of Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room
  
• 5.3.2017
  Oh My Gosh! I’m Getting Older.
  
• 4.28.2017
  Digging and Sawing at Our House
  
• 4.25.2017
  The Child I Want vs the Child I Have
  
• 4.21.2017
  Waiting for Inspiration, My Aura, and Going Back to Work
  
• 1.22.2017
  My Grandmother’s Passing
  
• 1.18.2017
  How Did it Happen?

• 12.29.2016
  Why You Won’t Be Getting a Cheesy Family Holiday Postcard From Me
  
• 12.26.2016
  We’re Going to Hell. We’re Just Here for the Music
  
• 10.5.2016
  A Birthday That Isn’t There
  
• 9.24.2016
  Scenes From Summer 2016
  
• 9.8.2016
  First Day of School 2016
  
• 9.2.2016
  Happy Birthday, My Little 4 Year Old
  
• 8.31.2016
  Scene from the Day- Attending a Trump Rally
  
• 8.6.2016
  Scene from the Day- Painting Our House
  
• 7.25.2016
  Scene from the Day- Polka Dot Sky
  
• 7.21.2016
  Scene From the Day- Polina and the RNC 2016
  
• 7.20.2016
  My Neighborhood is Changing, and I Don’t Like It
  
• 6.13.2016
  My Daughter the Artist
  
• 6.12.2016
  Taking Summer to Reconnect
  
• 6.9.2016
  Discipline: The End of an Era, Or the End of the World as I want it to Be and the Beginning of How it Is
  
• 5.25.2016
  Preserving My Identity, or Why I Send My Daughter to Russian School
  
• 5.3.2016
  A Girl, and the Birth of a Room
  
• 4.14.2016
  Beverly Cleary Turns 100
  
• 4.13.2016
  Making the Move in Old Age
  
• 2.15.2016
  The “Hard” Parts About Life
  

• 12.31.2015
  Happy New Year 2016!
  
• 12.23.2015
  Yes, Polina, There is a Santa Claus
  
• 11.25.2015
  Happy Thanksgiving, or a Great Big Thanks for Nothing
  
• 11.18.2015
  Celebrating a Milestone in the Dark
  
• 11.9.2015
  Trick or Treating Old School Style
  
• 10.10.2015
  Scene From the Day- Visiting the Seattle Japanese Garden
  
• 10.5.2015
  Unfulfilled Summer Plans
  
• 9.10.2015
  Scene From the Day- Babbi Babbi Boo!
  
• 9.10.2015
  How I Potty Trained My Daughter (Or a Very Belated “Look Who’s Potty Trained Now!”)
  
• 9.9.2015
  Laboring on Labor Day
  
• 9.3.2015
  Finding the Perfect in the Imperfect
  
• 8.26.2015
  Ode to Tandoor
  
• 8.26.2015
  Top 5 Reasons Why I Haven’t Blogged Recently
  
• 7.26.2015
  Scenes from the Day- July 25, 2015
  
• 7.23.2015
  Scene from the Day- July 19, 2015
  
• 7.13.2015
  Scenes from the Day: 7/12/15
  
• 7.12.2015
  6 Things I Miss About Being Single
  
• 7.7.2015
  Why I’m Starting to Dislike Summer
  
• 6.14.2015
  What I Am Doing About Nature Deficit Disorder
  
• 6.8.2015
  An Ode to My Computer
  
• 5.11.2015
  The Mother’s Day that Almost Wasn’t
  
• 5.4.2015
  Why I’ve (Almost) Given Up on Potty Training
  
• 4.13.2015
  When a Mother’s Love Isn’t Enough
  
• 4.10.2015
  A Spat at the Playground
  
• 4.6.2015
  Why is Easter Beginning to Look Like Christmas?
  
• 4.6.2015
  Hunting for Easter Eggs
  
• 4.1.2015
  Update on Vaccination Story
  
• 2.23.2015
  For the Love of Nature
  
• 2.20.2015
  To Vaccinate or Not? Another Take on the Issue
  
• 2.18.2015
  An (Un)Romantic Valentine
  
• 2.14.2015
  Nursing while Nauseous
  
• 1.18.2015
  What My Daughter Has Taught Me About the Other Side
  
• 1.17.2015
  One Lackluster New Year- 2015
  
• 1.10.2015
  When Christmas Isn’t Celebrated on Christmas
  
• 1.10.2015
  2014 in review
  

• 12.11.2014
  Polina’s Growth Spurt
  
• 9.22.2014
  My Little Epiphany About God
  
• 8.28.2014
  The Creative Mommy Gene
  
• 8.14.2014
  Who We Are
  
• 8.13.2014
  Why I Avoid Saying “No” to my Daughter
  
• 8.11.2014
  A Buffet Disaster
  
• 7.5.2014
  Finding Freedom in a Bathhouse
  
• 6.20.2014
  Finally, a Mama
  
• 6.20.2014
  Discouragement Is Not a Reason To Give Up Hope
  
• 6.20.2014
  The Germ of Human Dignity
  
• 6.20.2014
  Polina is So Excited About Life
• 6.20.2014
  Germs of Communication
  
• 4.14.2014
  Ode to Barb- November 28, 2013
• 4.14.2014
  Toddler Bullying
  
• 4.14.2014
  Memories- November 14, 2013
  
• 4.10.2014
  Finding the Letter “I”- October 26, 2013
• 4.9.2014
  Getting Better at Being a Mom
  
• 4.9.2014
  Goodbye to Our Crib
  
• 4.9.2014
  Wasting Time
  
• 4.7.2014
  Camping Trip
  
• 3.27.2014
  Eureka! I Found a Sleep Solution!
  
• 3.27.2014
  Sleep (Dis)Continued
  
• 3.27.2014
  Put Her Down? Really?
  
• 3.27.2014
  A Sleep Solution
• 3.27.2014
  Sometimes I Feel Like My Daughter is Trying to Kill Me
• 3.19.2014
  What Items Do You Really Need When You Have a Newborn? Surprisingly Little
• 3.19.2014
  Why I Wish I Had a Babushka- April 6, 2013
• 3.19.2014
  No Fooling: I Temporarily Lost Track of My Daughter in My Home- April 1, 2013
• 3.17.2014
  Combatting My Fear of the Dark- March 16, 2013
• 3.17.2014
  Falling Asleep Without Crying It Out- March 15, 2013
• 3.17.2014
  Introducing Solids- March 10, 2013
• 3.15.2014
  Separation- March 6, 2013/ #2
• 3.15.2014
  Wailing about Weaning
• 3.15.2014
  The Antelope Diaries: An Introduction