For some reason, I imagined whale watching as unromantic, on the “things to do” list for tourists.
I imagined myself on a big boat with a loud group of strangers, bobbing around for hours on the vast...
My birthday is coming up this week. This is not just a celebration for me. On this day, I always think about what I did and did not accomplish in the last year and why. I reflect on how I have changed...
One of my favourite events in Bermuda is KiteFest at Horseshoe Bay on Good Friday.
When I saw it the first time, with hundreds of bright kites of every colour flying in the deep blue sky, beating in t...
What and who makes us who we are? Genes, people, environment?
I was going through my documents and found my daughter’s personal statement for her application for college.
We were living in San Franci...
I stood for a long time, holding my head high as I watched the slender structure floating in the sky, popping a fuzzy white cloud with the point of its spire.
The Sky Tower, the symbol and pride of A...
My honeymoon was on the far side of the world. We chose a destination but made no plans.
We let our intuition guide us. We wanted to listen to our hearts, to follow our desires, to do what we felt we ...
Last Sunday, the last day before Lent, Russia marked one of the most unusual holy holidays.
It is known as Forgiveness Sunday. On this day, each person can ask forgiveness from anyone he or she inten...
Last week, I wrote an article about how I left my home in Russia and I took with me photos of beloved people and my father’s favourite painting. I was interested in what my Russian-speaking readers wo...
If you were going to leave your house for ever and had to leave most things behind, what would you take?
I faced this tough decision when I left my home city of Irkutsk in Siberia to go to America. W...
People often ask about my last name. Why did I change it? Why London? Was it in honour of the city?
When I arrived in the west 20 years ago I realised that my name, Telpukhovskaia, was quite difficult...
