by Klavinova | Jun 21, 2020 | Challenges, COVID19, Learning, Random, The Midwest, Uncategorized
There he was. I’d seen him more than once before. Sitting outside in his wheelchair, scruffy, stinky, and smoking a cigarette. But this time, I spoke to him instead of simply walking by. You see, as I entered the building code to access this nursing and rehab...
by Klavinova | Jun 16, 2020 | Challenges, COVID19, Health, The Midwest, Uncategorized
We have evolved. The school year started in August 2019. Phillip was an English teacher at a Language Institute, and I welcomed the new academic year as a curriculum writer at an all-girls’ school in Dubai. By October, I was made redundant and found myself...
by Klavinova | Mar 8, 2020 | Challenges, Dubai, The Midwest, Travel
Emirates Airline Flight EU 235. December 16, 2019. 2.22 pm. Just seconds from landing at Chicago airport after my fifteen hour flight from Dubai. Watching the camera view of our surroundings on the back of the seat in front of me, I saw snow on the edges of the...
by Klavinova | Mar 3, 2020 | Random, The Midwest
They shit. They shit everywhere. Green, slimy, on-the-sidewalk poop. And yet, they are charismatic, beautiful creatures. With heads held high, they chatter loudly, shouting news from the rooftops and prancing about the lake, quarreling like old, grouchy ladies. They...
Recent Comments