Pryvit -- Greetings, dear friends.
I'm back from a wonderful trip to Ukraine. Still trying to get back to Winnipeg time, and to recuperate from my wanderings.
Was in Lviv, Kolomyia, Kosiv, Stryi, and Kyiv, with other stops along the way. Attended the Publishers' Forum in Lviv (one of the largest book fairs in Europe after Frankfurt). Ran into many old friends there. Saw the monastery and shrine at Hoshiv, visited the Stepan Bandera Museum in Uhniv, and saw the Kvitka Cisyk Museum and School in Lviv. Spoke at the Ivan Honchar Museum in Kyiv (great crowd for my folk medicine lecture). Met with the person in charge of an art album on 18th c. sculptor J.-G. Pinzel -- I translated the text into English -- and found out the volume will be for the upcoming Pinzel exhibition at the Louvre!
Enjoyed walking (very much), dining (all kinds), drinking -- love the Ukr. beer, shopping -- some lovely stuff, including books. One big disappointment -- lost my camera after the first week -- dropped it as I ran for the marshrutka (mini-bus). ARGHGHGH! All those photos lost! Got a new one, but mourn the ones from that first week.
Now to get back into the routine. Have many projects and ideas. Much writing and translating. Will keep you posted.
My first classroom session at McNally-Robinson two days after I returned was good. Full house. Nice to see familiar faces. Check out my previous post on the next sessions - coming up later this month and on through January.
