Easter Apples
The night before an early departure and I ain't packed a thing. Nice, huh? Fortunately, the extent of my pack job will probably be a toothbrush, change of socks, and the charger for my camera. Somehow I'll probably still manage to forget something. In about 7 hours I'll be waking up and walking to the bus station. I'm sure I could find a cab, but there should be plenty of inebriated youth making there way home from the disco so I have a feeling I'll opt for the constitutional over the taxi.
This morning I was the first person at the church (if you don't count the two guys that live in the basement). I managed to learn all the songs the choir director indicated we would be singing today before people showed up. However, we didn't sing any of those songs. Go figure. Oh well, it was good practice. My solfege is rather rusty, but I'm starting to get back into the other aspects of singing.
Afterward I meandered out to the bus stop and was waiting for the bus when one of the young men from church came by in his delivery van. He offered me a ride, so I hopped in. This particular dude actually speaks English decently. Anyhow, he asked where I lived and I responded in English. Next thing I know he called one of his friends and asked where I lived in Russian. I played dumb and thanked him kindly for the ride.
Today my Valentine gave me an Easter present. First she told about how she celebrated Easter as a little girl. In Soviet times this wasn't allowed. However, Siberia is a far piece from nowhere, so they did as they liked. Meat pies, fish pies, apple pies, pie pies - sounded really tasty. Next she mentioned that yesterday she had baked an apple pie like she used to when she was a little girl. And that she wanted to take this occasion to present it to me. Sweet! (Actually not really - the pie was not your traditional American pie, so there was more crust and less apple, but still quite tasty)
Recently, I've received two small tree branches (one with flowers, and one with pussy-willow-like fuzzy things), a key-chain carved from a tooth of a large sea creature by a sailor the year after I was born, and the apple pie. The twigs still look remarkably good, but the pie didn't fare so well. In fact, there is nothing left of it. I was hungry so inhaled it an hour or so ago.
This morning I was the first person at the church (if you don't count the two guys that live in the basement). I managed to learn all the songs the choir director indicated we would be singing today before people showed up. However, we didn't sing any of those songs. Go figure. Oh well, it was good practice. My solfege is rather rusty, but I'm starting to get back into the other aspects of singing.
Afterward I meandered out to the bus stop and was waiting for the bus when one of the young men from church came by in his delivery van. He offered me a ride, so I hopped in. This particular dude actually speaks English decently. Anyhow, he asked where I lived and I responded in English. Next thing I know he called one of his friends and asked where I lived in Russian. I played dumb and thanked him kindly for the ride.
Today my Valentine gave me an Easter present. First she told about how she celebrated Easter as a little girl. In Soviet times this wasn't allowed. However, Siberia is a far piece from nowhere, so they did as they liked. Meat pies, fish pies, apple pies, pie pies - sounded really tasty. Next she mentioned that yesterday she had baked an apple pie like she used to when she was a little girl. And that she wanted to take this occasion to present it to me. Sweet! (Actually not really - the pie was not your traditional American pie, so there was more crust and less apple, but still quite tasty)
Recently, I've received two small tree branches (one with flowers, and one with pussy-willow-like fuzzy things), a key-chain carved from a tooth of a large sea creature by a sailor the year after I was born, and the apple pie. The twigs still look remarkably good, but the pie didn't fare so well. In fact, there is nothing left of it. I was hungry so inhaled it an hour or so ago.
posted by Troy on 21:45
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Interesting that you assume a car-human collision is safer than a car-car collision!
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