I grew up hearing my grandparents’ stories of the idyllic Lithuania they remembered from before the War. They fled the country in young adulthood, so their memories are soft and diffuse, like the scalloped-edged photographs in our family albums. I … Continue reading
The traditional Lithuanian Christmas Eve dinner is called “Kūčios” (Koo-chos) and it’s one of the most important holidays of the year. Like most Christian holidays, it used to be a pagan feast marking the winter solstice and as such, it … Continue reading
There comes a time in every parent’s life when she must choose between a family vacation to Disney World, or Lithuania. The decision might seem like an obvious one at first, but let me assure you it is not. I … Continue reading
About this time eleven years ago, I was having a conniption fit. It was the day before my wedding and I had no qualms about marrying the P-Dawg, but the hem of my gown was crooked when I went for … Continue reading
I grew up with a vague understanding of what had happened to my grandmother’s family in Lithuania during World War II. I knew about the deportations, the cattle cars, the labor camps, the huts they built out of scavenged materials … Continue reading
