Christmas raviolis - the best we ever made!
Every year at Christmas Eve we boys make raviolis. Green ones, spinach ones. Filled with ricotta (no meat! That's for peasants or something). Raviolis »
Christmas Eve dinner
We set up our round table in the Salon, as we have always done. That way we can dine with the Christmas tree, and its magical »
Mama makes beautiful Russian pie, straight out of a passage in Dostoyevsky
That's the cool thing about Natalya. She's a neat Mom. All one has to do is mention some dish, or even vaguely »
Gabriel riding totally on his own now - and smiling all the time
Gabriel now rides on his own. No need for a lead line, and an attendant person at the end of that line. He's on »
Gabriel has a "vrais" twinkle in his eye when he is happy as anything
Gabriel is the most generous person in this household. Everyone knows this, and we have all learned from him. There's another thing. When he »