In this personal mix of storytelling and poems, we are taken on the life journey of a couple of expats, traveling from one country to the next in search of adventure, sometimes out of necessity, [...]
The Russian city of Yeniseysk turned 400 years old this August, an anniversary that the local government decided to celebrated with a bang. Paul Shields went there for the celebrations.
For the Stepanakert based football team Lernayin Artsakh, last years season was abruptly interrupted by the Nagorno-Karabakh war. For 44 days, the team's players had to change their workout [...]
I sit down and think about all the women who made me. All the silent suffering, invisible effort, and unappreciated work that went into being dutiful daughters, sisters, wives, and mothers. These [...]
Let us face it, for many of us 2020 has been a monster of a year, one that seemed devoid of much of the joy and light that makes life enjoyable; much like a member of Brezhnev’s politburo. [...]
One of my favourite things about the upcoming holidays is the amount of time I can spend on reading. Every year, I find at least one book under the Christmas tree and usually, I finish it before [...]
