There's this pile of things that nobody wants to publish, so I might as well cast them out to the winds and see if any of it comes back as soggy bread. (He said, butchering a few mixed metaphors.) Most of these were written during my first few months in Tver. If people like them, I'll shovel some more into this pile. Let me know.

• The Story of Tados Wolczynski
• Thoughts on Russia
• Russian Food
• Gypsies
• Why Russian Women Are So Beautiful