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Teffi – Memories – From Moscow to the Black Sea

May 28, 2025 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Considered Teffi’s single greatest work, Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea is a deeply personal account of the author’s last months in Russia and Ukraine, suffused with her acute awareness of the political currents churning around her, many of which have now resurfaced. In 1918, in the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution, Teffi, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arts, Faits Divers, History, Politics, What I Read Tagged: Diary, Moscow, Paris, Russia, Russian Revolution, Teffi, Ukraine

My Armchair Adventures – Travelogues from the Local Library

November 17, 2019 by sergneri 3 Comments

It all started innocently enough, a good review of an old classic and then another and another, soon I was hooked. They are all free as I check them out from the library and few are in great demand so renewing was easy enough. I always know they are there and can go back and … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Baha California, Bedford, Constantinople, Danube, Diaries, Diary, Ed Ricketts, Europe, Fermor, Ibn Battutah, John Steinbeck, Library, Mexico, Monterey, Patric Leigh Fermor, Sea of Cortez, Steinbeck, Sybille Bedford, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Travelogues

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