family

i think my son hates me

PLUS: i am not handling it well AND ALSO: a baby update

Feb 20 •

and baby makes four???

lauren and baby are healthy, i am unwell!

Feb 6 •

I was born in Odessa Ukraine

How it feels when your homeland is attacked

Sep 29, 2023

My parents, my child and me: what could go wrong?

A brief chronicle of a brief visit during the Dobrenko Cold War

Sep 25, 2023 •

hello, i love you, won't you pick up your phone???

seriously haven't heard from you in seven minutes please pick up we're worried about you not a joke please answer now hello?

Sep 13, 2023 •

i confess: i lied to my grandma

the lie that tore my family apart jk it wasn't that serious but still

Aug 10, 2023 •

What does your stupid art even do for the world?

asking for a friend asking for nick cave asking for my son asking for me

Aug 3, 2023 •

Five Little Ducklings is NOT a nursery rhyme -- what REALLY lies over the hill and far away

it's a heckin true crime doc!!! or should I say true crime...duck

Jul 20, 2023 •

a tea kettle for Nona (the chaynik chronicles)

how lying to my grandma revealed the truth

Jul 18, 2023 •

the unbearable rightness of being (a toddler)

an unstoppable force (2yo) meets a very moveable, sad object (me) + boundaries! a buzzword but also a true word

Jun 27, 2023 •

The time I got my head stuck in a balcony

My whole life summed up in one story of love, loss, and laughter

May 30, 2023 •

Doing Crimes w my dad

May 18, 2023 •

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