The kindly idiot: part 2
In the incident from Vasily Grossman’s Stalingrad related in the last post, a group of Russian soldiers on their way…
Category: Moving forward
The kindly idiot: part 1.
In the middle of the countdown to our move, I learned that Vasily Grossman’s Stalingrad had finally been published in…
Empty
Finished cleaning out the apartment in Princeton today. Turned over the keys and the parking pass and headed south…
In between
As the reality of moving to a new apartment in a new city sinks in, there have been moments when…
Stuff
Now we’ve reached the hard part, the part where the karma of the past flows more strongly than ever. Objectively,…
Almost done
Ready for movers to come tomorrow morning to start packing whatever I haven’t, mostly kitchen stuff and breakables. They will…
Has anyone seen my brain?
The view from my bedroom window at our new apartment. Not that I have a bed yet. Anne Mei moved…
A sweet gem
Done with the pile of boxes that came from outside storage. Last night as I went through the last box,…
New rule
After pulling out yet another box of stuff that had been sitting in a closet since I moved in eight…
The happy gem
Some treasures you set out to find; some find you. When I started to sort through all the boxes that…