Can it be April already? 2022
Just a short update on the world in 2022: a birthday, the war in Ukraine, Covid.
Easter: Lieldienas
Priecīgas Lieldienas! Happy Easter! I love that “lieldienas” literally translates to “Big Day!” I have spent the last few days soaking in some of the traditions of the Latvian version of this Christian holiday with lots of pagan influences. Let us just break down Holy Week from my perspective. I want to preface this, however, …
Jeff 1.0: First day of Spring Break
I posted 30 stories about Vitauts in a short amount of time, then life happened and I lost the head of steam that I had going. So here, I am, reviving my blog with a new post. I write this while the New York Dolls are scringing (scream-singing) on my record player. I just bought …