There can hardly be too much praise for a YouTubist EggMan913 who created a stunning short video history of a female portraiture in Western art. Not only is this video a praise to the image of a Woman...
As you probably know from my previous posts, I like visiting Bolton. In fact, I have been visiting it regularly since my first visit to Manchester in 2002. Back then I didn’t go farther than Bol...
Normally, massages are used for relaxation; sometimes they are used for arousal; and sometimes, as Google Official Blog reports, they are used for interviews. Upon throwing a quick glance at the title...
How long does it normally take to get a reply from somebody? I noticed that companies and institutions usually stipulate the time when they are likely to respond to your letter. They sometimes go even...
I have been exchanging a lot of videos recently with a friend of mine, who eventually said: ‘You send me English and French musical videos, but what about Russian ones?’ I was somewhat los...
Upon my word, when I just arrived in Manchester, I barely saw any runners in the street. These days, and especially this spring, the city is swarming with men and women of all ages and sportive appare...
A young fig-tree its form lifts high Within a beauteous garden;And see, a goat is sitting by,As if he were its warden.The tree is guarded badly;For round the other side there whirrsAnd hums a beetle m...
My Family [This section enlists all of the Alekseev family by name, including some biographical information. – JD] I was evacuated with my father, Efim Semyonovich Alekseev (1890-1964), and my m...
The End of Evacuation, and the Victory (Autumn 1942 — May 9, 1945). My elder brother Leonid helped us to get a permission to return from evacuation in summer 1942. During a waiting period at one of th...
Evacuation, November 1941 — August 1942. When we arrived to the village called Murashi, many evacuee families went to the kolkhoz. We could not go because of our disabled mother, so we stayed in the v...