zoom in for dumplings
For many of us, a good chunk of our life has transitioned online as COVID spread across the globe. Work, school, even family time have...


Piroshki
Hope everyone's 2019 is off to a good start! I was able to take about 10 days off around Christmas and New Year's to enjoy sleeping in,...
almost-spring update
March 1 was the first day of spring according to Russian tradition. (We count March, April and May as spring months; June, July and...
new year, new home, new classes
Well, hello there and happy 2017! Sorry if this space has felt a little abandoned. "A little" is putting it mildly, of course; it's been...