Glyn Thomas
I'm the author of the blog and the book "Telling Tales". I spent a happy decade in Ukraine working and living and am now settled in the UK with my Ukrainian wife and our three children. The book is based loosely on tales from Anya's past most notably the period of the Holodomor.
Telling Tales
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Category Archives: Kiev Life
Think lucky
Anyone familiar with living in cold climates will be aware of the new danger that lurks on every street corner, but for those of you in more temperate zones please spare us a thought. Snow accumulates, thaws and refreezes at … Continue reading
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Think ahead
I know, I know – it has been a while since I wrote anything – life here though seems to take up more time than writing about it. Looking back through the blog it could be argued that I am … Continue reading
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K..K…Kiev
Well it is getting decidedly chilly here – and yet today was supposed to be the great “turn on the communal heating day”. No such luck. So I have battled with the air conditioning controls and – rather like Back … Continue reading
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