We’re looking forward to having our close friends to dinner for the first time in ages.
I hope that you are able to be with loved ones this weekend.
This has been a hard week, reading the news about Ukraine and seeing the photographs. We’ve been moving through each day feeling a mixture of helplessness and dread for the brave Ukrainian people.
This weekend, I’m sharing a few articles related to Ukraine.
- Russian businesses in the U.S. face a tough road as the war escalates — An interesting story about business owners who sympathize with Ukrainians, but are being shunned. (Marketplace)
- Intercultural Poetry Reading in Support of Ukraine — One of the restaurants mentioned in the previous article is hosting this poetry reading. (codrescu.com – poet Andrei Codrescu’s website)
- Helping the People of Ukraine — Here’s some information on ways to help Ukrainians right now. (Sea Salt and Sailor Stripes)
- Goodness: People are pouring into a basement restaurant in Kyiv to seek shelter. The owner feeds them all. — One person’s story of sharing what he can during the attack on Ukraine. (The Washington Post)
About the photo: Reflections of color from PolyForm, an installation at Cornell University. You can read more about it here. (Cornell Chronicle)
You can also see another photo of it in one of my earlier weekend posts.