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Sunday Morning, June 13, 1999

Hi People,

Not exciting news lately. School is almost out. It's warm. Hot even. Of course there's not much air conditioning around so warm or hot have a different meaning than in "the West". Friday night we slept out on our porch. It was like camping out. Kind of fun, even for those of us who are starting to qualify for Senior Citizen's discounts.

Today, I think we'll just send a bunch of snapshots with captions. A photo album of sorts.

A fuzzy shot of a stork nesting on the power poles. There are also two or three chicks. I put this in to prove to Marianne (or to me) that I need a camera with a zoom lens.

Marianne and I are still shopping for souvenirs. She leaves for the States on the 21st so she needs to stock up.

Last weekend we went to the Kyiv Art Show. Not New York or San Francisco yet but OK.

Grocery shopping with a friend of mine. Last time Leif and I had worked together we both had long hair. I don't know what happened to his.

This market also had a chick section. I think this is where people go to stock up the summer dacha. Pretty cute anyway.

Graduation was last week. Three kids were in the first graduating class from Kyiv International School (KIS).

The U.S. Ambassador gave a very nice graduation speech and his reward was a picture with Marianne. Pretty special huh.

He also got a picture with two of the teachers new baby. The mom and dad are going back to Colorado and, after three or four months, have just received permission to also bring daughter Riley.

KIS also joined some other small schools this week and had Sports Day. Everyone said they had fun. The pictures remind me (John) that kids really don't seem very different whether they are in Kyiv or San Jose.

There was a Teacher Appreciation night sponsored by the PTA. Pretty nice and, again, pretty normal. Just like home.

Same night. That's the boss opening wine. That may not be the norm for U.S. schools but the happy faces on teachers and administrators as they look forward to vacation are completely normal.

Last night we had a KIS staff dinner. Quite nice and a good last chance for everyone to get together. The guy sitting is Sasha and he's smiling at the flowers he had just won.

Finally, a few of the teacher-types looking at the yearbooks that had just arrived that day. That scene could be anywhere.

So, that's it. Now we're heading out into the sun to poke around the city. Maybe next summer we'll get a dacha but for now, we have too much to see around here.

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Originally maild June 13, 1999. Reformatted June 4, 2001.

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	A fuzzy shot of a stork nesting on the power poles. There are also two or three chicks. I put this in to prove to Marianne (or to me) that I need a camera with a zoom lens.		Marianne and I are still shopping for souvenirs. She leaves for the States on the 21st so she needs to stock up.
	Last weekend we went to the Kyiv Art Show. Not New York or San Francisco yet but OK.		Grocery shopping with a friend of mine. Last time Leif and I had worked together we both had long hair. I don't know what happened to his.
	This market also had a chick section. I think this is where people go to stock up the summer dacha. Pretty cute anyway.		Graduation was last week. Three kids were in the first graduating class from Kyiv International School (KIS).
	The U.S. Ambassador gave a very nice graduation speech and his reward was a picture with Marianne. Pretty special huh.		He also got a picture with two of the teachers new baby. The mom and dad are going back to Colorado and, after three or four months, have just received permission to also bring daughter Riley.
	KIS also joined some other small schools this week and had Sports Day. Everyone said they had fun. The pictures remind me (John) that kids really don't seem very different whether they are in Kyiv or San Jose.		There was a Teacher Appreciation night sponsored by the PTA. Pretty nice and, again, pretty normal. Just like home.
	Same night. That's the boss opening wine. That may not be the norm for U.S. schools but the happy faces on teachers and administrators as they look forward to vacation are completely normal.		Last night we had a KIS staff dinner. Quite nice and a good last chance for everyone to get together. The guy sitting is Sasha and he's smiling at the flowers he had just won.
	Finally, a few of the teacher-types looking at the yearbooks that had just arrived that day. That scene could be anywhere.