Celebrations; Ceremonies; Weddings; Host community friends
I was honored when my friend Lyuba asked me to be the maid of honor at her wedding in October, 1994. This photo shows the newlyweds in the center with the best man on the left and me on the right.
This is a photo of me with my neighbor, Maria Yegorovna. I would visit her often to drink tea and hear her stories about life as a teenager working in the coal mines of Karaganda during the Great Patriotic War (World War II). She didn't have...
Celebrations; Ceremonies; Weddings; Host community friends
Between my friend Lyuba's wedding ceremony and the wedding reception we drove a few miles out into the steppe surrounding the city of Karaganda and tied a red ribbon to a pole. The red ribbon symbolizes anger and unpleasantness, which the newlyweds...
This photo shows the view from my apartment in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Winters are long, cold and snowy there but kids enjoy playing hockey in the courtyard no matter what the weather is like.
This 1995 photo shows a lighter moment in my fifth form classroom at School #97 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. We were learning how to make rabbit ears on ourselves and our neighbors while posing for photos.