Thor HartteninSee the Forest for the TreesTwelve Years A Slav — Year 4In Russia and In LoveMar 11, 2023Mar 11, 2023
Thor HartteninSee the Forest for the TreesTwelve Years A Slav — Year 3Sudden Endings, New BeginningsMar 11, 2023Mar 11, 2023
Thor HartteninSee the Forest for the TreesTwelve Years a Slav — Year 2Danish Law, Russian Money, For the Love of GodOct 17, 2022Oct 17, 2022
Thor HartteninSee the Forest for the Trees“Twelve Years A Slav”- The Doves Have LandedNot that I had a very high bar to fly over but the next week went considerably better than the previous one. Although I failed to find a…Aug 20, 2022Aug 20, 2022
Thor HartteninSee the Forest for the Trees“Twelve Years A Slav” — The Goats of Am-RusAfter Steve left, I spent the next two weeks converting our former dining room into a job search war room and combing through the US…Aug 20, 2022Aug 20, 2022
Thor HartteninSee the Forest for the TreesA Hootenanny in Baltimore Delivers an Unexpected New Year’s in St. PetersburgAfter returning from St. Petersburg, I spent a week decompressing and being debriefed, CIA-style, by my family. When it was over, I was…Aug 20, 2022Aug 20, 2022
Thor HartteninSee the Forest for the TreesPushkin to the Rescue, “Leave It to Beaver”, Attack of the Fleas, Looking for Spring, Viva La Dacha…The moment I walked through the door of my old host family’s Pushkin apartment and smelled the sweet yeasty aroma of Tamara’s famed…Jun 22, 2022Jun 22, 2022
Thor HartteninSee the Forest for the TreesBaptism by BanyaOn November 3, 1993, I paid my family a sad and anxious good-bye, packed my two giant duffle bags and my mountain bike onto the bus and…Jun 22, 2022Jun 22, 2022
Thor HarttenBaptism by BanyaOn November 3, 1993, I paid my family a sad and anxious good-bye, packed my two giant duffle bags and my mountain bike onto the bus and…Jun 21, 2022Jun 21, 2022
Thor HartteninSee the Forest for the TreesThe Belated, Long-Awaited Return of the TsarMy time away from Russia lasted much longer than I had planned — nearly two years. It was not until early November 1993 that I would…Jun 21, 2022Jun 21, 2022