Thinking of exporting my blog so that I don’t lose the stories and photos.
Sadly it looks like the pictures don’t get exported along with the text. This is good for a quick export but the pictures are the soul of the blog. Mmm. Quandary! I took some photos of wintry suburban Baku yesterday as [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Baku'
Exporting my blog
February 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Baku
The new year
January 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After being off line for way too long I’m back to report that I’ve been in four apartments in the last few months here in Baku. (It’s a long story) I’m now in an US style gigantic condominium called Wellington Heights, which is around 8 mins closer to school in walking time. I haven’t walked [...]
Tags: Baku · holidays · school
A Journalist in Georgia
September 14th, 2008 · No Comments
“You must draw a white-hot iron over this Georgian land!…You will have to break the wings of this Georgia! Let the blood of the petit bourgeois flow until they give up all their resistance! Impale them! Tear them apart!” – Vladimir Lenin
So commences an article from freelance journalist Michael J. Totten who is in [...]
The long flight of steps to the next road
September 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Up the hill from my apartment there is a long flight of steps leading to the next road. I haven’t counted but there is probably 200 steps. By the time I get to the top each morning on my walk to school with my school backpack, I’m certainly feeling the strain. During the day the [...]
Tags: Baku
My Baku Apartment – from Google Earth
September 1st, 2008 · No Comments
This link should activate Google Earth, assuming you have it installed, and show you my apartment from the sky. If you pull out you’ll see the school come into view to the west.
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I’m marking my kids’ writing on their first understanding of immigration. They are doing very well so far. The Unit of Inquiry is: [...]
