I am behind on blogging...
I just found a new quote that I have to keep -
Silence is the language that God speaks. Everything else is just a bad translation.
Lets see how the Cyrillic font works here in Blogger, here is the quote in Russian
Тишина - язык, который Бог говорит. Все остальное - только плохой перевод.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
RIP AGAIN
The actor Heath Ledger was found dead on Jan. 22, 2008 in New York. Exact cause of death is not known yet. He was so young, only 28 years old.
I enjoyed two of his movies immensely, A Knight's Tale & Casanova. These were comedies. His talent was even more striking when he played dark, tortured characters, according to the reviewer.
I will miss the comedic talent & was sad to hear of Heath Ledger's passing today. RIP, Heath Ledger...
The actor Heath Ledger was found dead on Jan. 22, 2008 in New York. Exact cause of death is not known yet. He was so young, only 28 years old.
I enjoyed two of his movies immensely, A Knight's Tale & Casanova. These were comedies. His talent was even more striking when he played dark, tortured characters, according to the reviewer.
I will miss the comedic talent & was sad to hear of Heath Ledger's passing today. RIP, Heath Ledger...
THE BITTER SWEET
THE BITTER SWEET
No, I don't mean the Xena episode with this blog title. I am referring to the poignancy of loosing my brother last Oct. 2007 & at the same time finding out who my Russian ancestors were, while visiting family on my funeral trip.
The lady who is working on my Babushka's memoirs sent me more family info showing exactly who more of the Russian ancestors were. I am so excited I want to pop out of my body.
The mother of my grandmother, Tatiana Wolkonsky (also known by the nickname Tanya), was Maria Alexisovna Andreev. Her grandmother was Nathalia ?
Tanya's father was Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich Wolkonsky. His father was Prince Alexandre Borisovich Wolkonsky born in 1864 and his mother was Countess Catherine Alexisovna von Lanlarsky of Lithuania.
Great uncle Peter was somehow related to Tanya's great-grandfather. There are almost no dates noted except for just a couple. Sabinio [The family estate] was granted by Czar Alexander II in 1868 to either Prince Boris Gregorovich Wolkonsky or his father Gregory Borisovich Wolkonsky.
Tanya did say her father was a diplomat. He died in 1909 according to my Dad. He had a heart attack on the train between Paris and St. Petersburg, from "High Living".
I was told growing up there was some Lithuanian in the family line too, but that is not enough for me to count (less than 1/32) now I see where that came from.
I am so excited I could probably take off & fly
Now that I know all the Wolkonskys did not die out, if I could just meet more of my Russian cousins, aunts, uncles etc!!! I do not know many of my Russian relatives.
No, I don't mean the Xena episode with this blog title. I am referring to the poignancy of loosing my brother last Oct. 2007 & at the same time finding out who my Russian ancestors were, while visiting family on my funeral trip.
The lady who is working on my Babushka's memoirs sent me more family info showing exactly who more of the Russian ancestors were. I am so excited I want to pop out of my body.
The mother of my grandmother, Tatiana Wolkonsky (also known by the nickname Tanya), was Maria Alexisovna Andreev. Her grandmother was Nathalia ?
Tanya's father was Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich Wolkonsky. His father was Prince Alexandre Borisovich Wolkonsky born in 1864 and his mother was Countess Catherine Alexisovna von Lanlarsky of Lithuania.
Great uncle Peter was somehow related to Tanya's great-grandfather. There are almost no dates noted except for just a couple. Sabinio [The family estate] was granted by Czar Alexander II in 1868 to either Prince Boris Gregorovich Wolkonsky or his father Gregory Borisovich Wolkonsky.
Tanya did say her father was a diplomat. He died in 1909 according to my Dad. He had a heart attack on the train between Paris and St. Petersburg, from "High Living".
I was told growing up there was some Lithuanian in the family line too, but that is not enough for me to count (less than 1/32) now I see where that came from.
I am so excited I could probably take off & fly
Now that I know all the Wolkonskys did not die out, if I could just meet more of my Russian cousins, aunts, uncles etc!!! I do not know many of my Russian relatives.
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