and then I did.
From so long ago, a reminder of what it might be like, that is to say, Africa:
I have a birthday present for you. They announced the dedication of the Kiev temple today. August 29th. Let’s go. No, really. Let’s take two weeks and go to Kiev and the Crimea and maybe Moscow. What else are we doing with our lives? Nothing as wonderful as going to the Black Sea or seeing a Russian-speaking temple of the Lord dedicated. So Happy Birthday: let’s go speak some Russian, eat some blini, go to the temple, gulyat’ profusely, ride some trains and read Chekov in Yalta. And if you won’t go with me, well, I’ma go by myself.
