Notes from Tusheti
[In early June we learned that we would be leaving Georgia soon; my husband’s job wasn’t working out. We decided...
Manglisi
In the dual interests of a) seeing as many places in Georgia as possible before we leave and b) getting...
Reflection vs Representation
I don’t suppose it’s entirely an either/or situation, or that the two are mutually exclusive, but lately it seems I...
From Garden House to the Red House (tseteli sakhli)
On Abashidze Avenue, at the corner of pickles and puri,* I stand juggling sacks and parcels containing everything from cleaning...
Ananauri
Now that the weather turns toward spring and our truck is repaired (with genuine Ford parts, purchased online and delivered...
Spring comes to Tbilisi
It seemed to happen almost overnight. One day the patchy grass was pale and lifeless, the trees bare and skeletal;...
A Funeral in the Clouds
Sunday I felt better after a bout of flu and Jim wanted a drive, so we set off mid-morning to...
Winter’s Heart
February is our winter’s heart, a frozen, unyielding core, a sentence of 29 bitterly cold days, one day more this...
How to Not Write
That is not a split infinitive; anyone who knows me will know that I abhor split infinitives and refuse to...
Commissary Privileges
[One of our privileges (for an annual membership fee of $60 USD) as United States government contractors in Tbilisi is...
