40 years since I left Soviet Union

In a few days, there gonna be 40 years since I was last time in Russia and Ukraine.

My family took long "trip" living in Bulgaria, working in Africa, spending couple of years in Italy and settling in USA, where we live for almost 30 years. All those years in the US I live in Salt Lake City, Utah only

 40 years – it’s a lot of time. Countries changed or stopped existing, I had to start my life from zero all over again several  times, including here in the US. Over those years, I meet lots of interesting and good people and lots of scum as well.



Life is an interesting thing!

Schools are like time machines

Its really sad to see any old school, but it is even more than that when you  see a school about to be demolished. They represent time that is gone forever. Schools are like  time machines, where person can come and relive some memories, stamped in their heads. When they are demolished and this time machine is gone.  To bad and sad. This is not my school.
I watched news yesterday, there were talking about Granite High School  on 500 East and 3300 South, so I took my camera and went to take few pictures, before the building is gone. I like to take pictures of places and things about to be gone. There is real beauty in self-recycling of human creations

Almost 27 years in Utah, USA

Soon is gonna be almost 27 years since the time I arrived in the US.
In 1988 I came to Utah, where I live since. I visited a lots of places, but my permanent place was always Salt Lake City.( Mill Creek and Holladay)

I am thinking of starting a series of shorts on immigrant life in Utah. They will be from my prospective, from my personal experience, so do not expect objectivity.

For my 27 years here I saw plenty of "good, bad and the ugly". I met so many wonderful  people and lots of "soulless scum", that made me sick.
I had my family created here, my son was born in Utah. I changed several jobs. Some of them good, some not so.
 I was a target of a "set up", that was meant to make me look like a criminal. I was a target of bulling, that was meant to humiliate me. I stood up for myself and  was retaliated upon.
It is very ugly side of American life, when people loose their morals, just to retaliate against a person, who would not bow before them.

I had my own small ethnic business, that lasted almost seven years, so I am a former entrepreneur.

I am son of one of the first people in the 1980's to join the Mormon church. It was my mother. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia now.

I had pleasure to travel all over the West of the US. Its a beautiful country, with a lots of places to visit. US has one of the most gorgeous scenery and National Parks. Combination of modern roads and Parks makes it great for car travel- easy access to great places.

I blog, I cook, I travel ( when I can)

See you later!