Monthly Archives: April 2013

No. 40: AN INVITATION FROM THE CZAR: ‘COME BOXING WITH ME’

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh After the brutal Crimean War, to assuage the sometimes bestial nature of humans, a war-like sport rises to prominence in Mother Russia:  Cat Boxing. From the back alleys of Moscow, to the Czar’s lavish Palace at St … Continue reading →

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No. 39: THE MYSTERY OF THE DISAPPEARING CATS OF MOSCOW

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh (excerpted from my great grandmother’s treasure trove of writings about her 1870’s girlhood) Part I:  PORTRAIT OF CECILY – a frequent and honored guest at our table one Moscow summer. We always dress for dinner:  Mama, I, … Continue reading →

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No. 38: ‘sss- SO WE MEET AGAIN, SHELVA,’ SAYS CECILY THE SNAKE

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh (the further adventuring of my great grandmother, Shelva Fiction) Last Week:  Shelva enjoys a warm soak in a just discovered hot springs inside her hired hand’s, Efraim Ephraim’s, man-cave.  Efraim partakes.  Their mule, Sir Winston leaps in.  … Continue reading →

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No. 37: WE MEET AGAIN, MINE COSSACK ENEMY.

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh  (My dear, sweet immigrant Great grandmother, Shelva; as a new bride in the 1890’s writes…) Greenhorn am I, to so many of the ways of mine wonderful new country, Amerika.  Even greener when it comes to knowing … Continue reading →

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