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
This is the working cover and title of my new project
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Tray of light…
Anya delivers the electrical tray in my car. Its like a donkey. …and here is the exposed electrical tray in position. Very happy with my industrial chic doma!!!
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Electricity update…good news!
This actually developed better than I thought it would as instead of rolling over and paying up we decided to exploit the chink the armour of Ukraine’s systems – “The need to solve matters in an administrative way.” For whatever … Continue reading
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The neighbours are revolting
At our attempt to backfill the top part of the site a number of neighbours* have blocked the road in (It’s only one way unfortunately) on the grounds that our lorry is damaging the road. I have sympathy but they … Continue reading
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