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About maryangelis

Hello Readers! (= Здравствуйте, Читатели!) The writer lives in the Catholic and Orthodox faiths and the English and Russian languages, working in an archive by day and writing at night. Her walk in the world is normally one human being and one small detail after another. Then she goes home and types about it all until the soup is done.

5/26/24: Memory of Mother N.: The Old Garden

Posted on May 26, 2024 by maryangelis

Ten days ago I took a different walk home from work. I felt like a nostalgia visit to the 2012 site of the Orthodox church, at its rented room upstairs in the community building. I wanted a look at Mother … Continue reading →

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5/12/24: Memory of Mother N.: Blooming Where They’re Planted

Posted on May 12, 2024 by maryangelis

After Mother N. passed away, I dreamed about her in a new life restoring an ancient church in the mountains. There was a sequel dream the very next night. In the sequel dream, the whole congregation was moving away to … Continue reading →

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4/29/24: Memory of Mother N: The New Life

Posted on April 29, 2024 by maryangelis

Yesterday I was searching for and admiring the art of Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin. Here is “Batiliman” (1940), from his Crimea travel landscape series. That was two years before the artist died of hunger, back in Leningrad during the Siege. His … Continue reading →

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4/20/24: Memory of Mother N.: A Day of Rest

Posted on April 20, 2024 by maryangelis

For one life topic, Mother N. had no mechanical aptitude or herbal remedy to share. It came up during one of our car junkets. As we talked I shared with her that despite my best efforts at attitude and actions, … Continue reading →

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4/14/24: A Dog’s Breakfast

Posted on April 14, 2024 by maryangelis

Back in the day, one of the elder relatives in our Irish extended family had the hope of inspiring me toward more ladylike and classy behavior, and used to tell me in sorrowful tones that my room / homework / … Continue reading →

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4/11/24: Bingo’s Bedtime Walk

Posted on April 13, 2024 by maryangelis

Mary: Whenever I take Bingo on walks myself, he really gravitates to that phone pole there. Angelina. Yes he does. And there he goes. Who’s a good boy?… So! Mare! Back to you. Just read your latest blog page. I’m … Continue reading →

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4/7/24: Losing Your Religion

Posted on April 7, 2024 by maryangelis

Another Thought, 4/8: Just reading Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg. One of the points is that to engage in a negotiation (and many personal conversations are exactly that), we have to settle What are we talking about? Who are we? How … Continue reading →

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3/30/24: Dr. Michael Greger, MD: Groatnola

Posted on March 30, 2024 by maryangelis

Usual disclaimer: If your teeth are delicate, and if any of them are porcelain, they might need a more consistent tender texture in the finished product — even if you bake it extra soft and moist. My groatnola came out … Continue reading →

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3/29/24: Watching for Bunnies

Posted on March 29, 2024 by maryangelis

(No bunnies here. Just a nice view this week, on the walk home after work.) Each morning, the alarm in their bedroom rang Ding! then with a polite pause Ding Ding! then with another polite pause really warming up with … Continue reading →

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3/18/24: Wedding Pictures

Posted on March 18, 2024 by maryangelis

On Saturday somebody dropped their recycling in shopping bags next to (but not in) the recycling dumpster, the way folks do. One bag held two crumbling pasteboard folders. So I grabbed the bag to toss it to the bottom of … Continue reading →

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