My Viking Boat Building Journey

May 17th, 2022

Back in 2013 when I went to the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark, I bought a beautiful authentic model of a Viking ship called BB703 Roar Ege that has to be built.

It was my very first boat building experience ... Read More

Glory to Ukraine!

April 5th, 2022

I don't like talking about politics. And I would have never thought that I will do it one day on my author's website. But sometimes things we never thought would become possible happen. One of this "things" is the horrible war that Russia started against Ukrainians.

My heart is bleeding for all the poor Ukrainian people whose lives are ruined by this nightmarish invasion, and for those Russian soldiers who are forced to hurt themselves to stop fighting in this senseless war or who are shamed and branded as liars and traitors by the Russian government because they refuse to participate in this slaughter.

I have been helping the Ukrainian refugees here in France, and still it feels like we are not doing enough.

The refugees showed me this wonderful, patriotic song by the Ukrainian Rock-band Shablya called "Браття Українці" (Brothers Ukrainians). It brought tears to my eyes.

When I shared it on Facebook, my French friends were all asking what it is about. That's when I knew what I could do to help to spread the message. I created an English version of this song so that everyone who doesn't speak Ukrainian would not only understand the meaning of the lyrics, but also would be able to sing along, to share this energy. ... Read More

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