Tag Archives: Russian Empire

The Black Sea

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Ron Pavellas

Traversed by Ancient and Modern Empires Here is about an area of the world that remains, for those of us oriented primarily toward North America and Europe, a historically complicated and geographically confusing mélange of ancient empires initially forged by … Continue reading →

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Letter from Poland

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Ron Pavellas

I recently visited Kraków, Poland, with nine of my writing colleagues, for a ‘writing retreat’ and some minor tourism. We arrived 10 November, the day before an important national holiday, National Independence Day… … a national day in Poland celebrated … Continue reading →

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