thoughts &
notes

Multimedia Update

This is late, I know. Life gets in the way; projects like my regular updates get sidetracked. Even a state of war becomes normal....

Your Questions Answered

After a year of picking my own subjects related to Ukraine and the war, or just my own meandering experiences, it's a good time to answer...

Putin's Russia is not what you think

Putin never saw NATO as an invasion threat to Russia, but has always seen liberal democracies like the US and EU as an overwhelming...

How Americans Should Perceive "Military Aid" to Ukraine

Some Americans have voiced concern about the billions of dollars in weapons going to Ukraine, but their beef isn't really about the...

Just a Wave "Hello" & a year-end Thank You

I haven't written in a while, but will start back up in January. But there are videos for now... I haven't written or posted anything in...

The Neighbourhood: Poles, Georgians... and Russians Abroad

In October, I was out of Ukraine for a number of reasons, and so I took the opportunity to visit with a handful of our neighbours. Here...

A Video Response to Congresswoman Jayapal

On Instagram and Facebook last week, I posted a pretty testy response to minority leader Representative McCarthy regarding his comments...

My Video Scrapbook

This is a collection of clips aimed at providing visual assistance to what I'm probably not capturing so well in what I write. Yeah, the...

What Life is Like in Different Parts of Ukraine; a Personal Survey

Ukraine Isn't Like What You've Seen on TV. It's Much Better... and Worse. There’s a similarity between far-western L’viv, where I live,...