Rusyn creativity
Remember when I wrote about how my great Grandma and Grandma loved to embroider? How my mom used to sew and my auntie make the...
Always with me
I'm sure you've heard people say "I'll always be with you" when saying their last goodbyes. You know, I had never understood what they...
Grandma Helena's house
Oh, that apple tree! It was so tall! I always climbed to the very top, giving my Grandma Helena a scare every time! She tried to get me...
A fallen soldier's memorial
My village lies deep in the Carpathian mountains, in a peaceful, almost pristine national park called Poloniny. It is quite remote, if...
Kvasna kaposta (or Rusyn sauerkraut)
It is in October that cabbage is ripe and ready to be turned into sauerkraut. Like potatoes and flour, sauerkraut is yet another...
The autumn smells like potatoes, the summer like berries
Potatoes used to be a staple in my village. Everybody planted them, sometimes even competing who would do it first and checking who had...