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Archive for November, 2008

Shannon and I have been here about two months now and I think we are finally settling into our new life. With a little help from IKEA and a number of little odd and end stores we have managed to acquire things like a new toilet seat, bedroom curtains, and bedding which have all helped [...]

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Where are we?

So, many of you already know that we live in Ukraine; however, I am pretty sure only a handful of you know our exact whereabouts here in L’viv.  Frankly, I had no idea about Ukraine’s geography before I moved here and it has taken me almost two months to get a very basic bearing on [...]

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Having just observed a whole season of political campaigning and now the completion of the elections in the States, I am wondering how effective our new president will be at implementing his projected plans. Observing everything from Ukraine with Ukrainians has been especially interesting considering how many people here are jaded about recent political efficacy. [...]

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Ruts On!

For anyone who knows me and my crazy, semi-neurotic love of hunting, when Shannon and I received our late September departure date for Ukraine, I had a wee personal faith crisis. You see, the opening day of archery deer season in Illinois was October 1st and having to leave right at deer season’s [...]

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