Tag: ukraine

Written by Chuck Serface

The Ukrainian Vyshyvanka

I’ve told this introductory story before, and I’m retelling it now in a different context.  You can see the original here. A seminal memory from my time in Ukraine involves a working vacation during my first summer there. Friends from my city, Ternopil, owned an enormous cabin outside Yaremche, a major skiing center in the […]

Written by Chuck Serface

A Holiday Party in Ukraine

The mid-2000s rank high among the toughest years of my life, beginning with 2004.  My mother suddenly became ill and died from congestive heart failure.  Three months later, doctors diagnosed me with acute myelogenous leukemia.  I survived without needing bone marrow transplants, but I’m permanently off organ and blood donor lists thanks to multiple chemotherapy […]