A small New Year
31 December 2007, 20:15
No tree this year, only a branch in a jar that grandmother decorated with paper stars. It is actually beautiful. We had boorsok and tea and the radio, and the light was on from eight to ten, so we ate by the light, like in grandmother's story.
Zarina came to us with her mother and her brother. They brought dried apricots. Zarina's mother said the New Year is for hope, and then she looked at the branch and said it hopes very well.