As we drove through Rustavi today, a former industrial town just outside Tbilisi, I sang along with Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) on the radio and learned from my host that Joseph Stalin was actually a Georgian whose born name was Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili. I was told that “stalin” means steel, and he used that … Continue reading
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communication…
“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” ~ Rollo May All I did today was sleep and eat. Oh, and I also began reading my Beginner’s Georgian book, which promises that, upon completion, I should be able to speak and understand Georgian as well as if I had taken three to … Continue reading
what a difference a day makes…
Moving from the familiar to the unknown can be challenging, in more ways than one might anticipate. Obviously, moving across the globe, away from family and loved ones, is hard. And working at a new job and learning to interact with new colleagues can sometimes feel difficult, too. But, when one has to also deal with … Continue reading
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