Sentinel’s Circle #2: July 27, 2025

Sentinel’s Circle #2: July 27, 2025

“The Sentinel’s Circle” book discussion, July 27, 2025 We’re very informal and low-key in the book group – please feel free to raise your hand if you’d like to offer a comment or question; or type it in the chat section. We can take...
Odesa of My Childhood #6: Playing Hooky

Odesa of My Childhood #6: Playing Hooky

Bottom photo: “CPCP: 72 Фотофакта прекрасного минулого.ʼ” Український Інтерес. Used with permission. Top: Adobe stock photo. Odesa of My Childhood #6 “Playing Hooky” by Oleg Veretskiy “Yesterday, right after the first day celebrations, the teacher told us...
Odesa of My Childhood #5: “The Beach”

Odesa of My Childhood #5: “The Beach”

“The beach always greeted us with the scent of algae that had perished during the night storm, the ruddy sight of boiled shrimp, hearty bellows of “sugar roosters on a sti-i-i-ick!”, bouncy balls attached to rubber bands and wrapped in cheap multi-colored foil –...
Sentinel’s Circle #1: June 29, 2025

Sentinel’s Circle #1: June 29, 2025

Welcome to our first “The Sentinel’s Circle” book discussion, June 29, 2025 In June, we launched “Oleg’s Book Club” and decided to meet on the last Sunday of every month at 2 pm US ET (11am PT, 1pm CT, 8pm CET, 9pm Kyiv). Oleg attends when he can,...
“The Sentinel’s Circle” book group

“The Sentinel’s Circle” book group

Photo: Oleg, Kelly, Marina, Charlotte, Renee, Darya, Nikola, Mario, Jessie, and Mylu at the June 29 plenary session of Oleg’s Book Club. Editorial assistant Jessie (covering eyes) may be recovering from her latest half Iron Man… Building Community in...