Dec132008
Before the cold
Saturday, December 13th, 2008 at 9:40 pm by bekzhanAt the university we hear things. The lecturer in hydrology says the water in the Toktogul reservoir is lower than it has been for many years and "we should expect rationing". She has made a graph, a good one, and showed it twice.
My mother is buying candles. My father brought home a second blanket. My grandmother says: "I know this, I remember this" and sits by the stove like a general.