McCrackens Round Up (to ten!)

I am guilty of blog-delinquency!    I haven’t time to write a blog post, so instead I’ll just copy and paste a few FaceBook posts here as a ...

On Friday after court, we returned back to the apartment to pack and catch the "express train" to Kiev (a six-hour ride versus the...

Our court session was just as we had been told it would be.    It took place in the judge’s room, with chairs packed in so tight you are alm...

As we draw nearer to our court date, I cannot swallow this sense of dread -- for ourselves and our families, should an unfavorable...

I will miss this city when I leave.   Being here is like stripping life back to the basics, beginning with family and ending with chocolate....

Time is quietly passing here, each day centered around sliding and tripping my way to and from my visits with "Melody," ( not her ...

3/9/13 – Getting to know "Melody" (sorry I cannot post pics of her yet) Despite the abundance of addictive "cookie biscuits...

3/4/2013 Overnighter train "Train Coffee" We took a 12-hour train ride on a rickety 1940’s-or-before-era train all through...

Blogging has been a luxury, and there’s been no time for luxuries the past two weeks!   Fast forward through a whirlwind of scrambling, pack...