Posts by Marina

Perfect World

Perfect World

When I was younger growing up in Russia, I had this ideal, almost naive, view of the world where good always defeats evil, everything is fair, everybody is perfect and eventually finds their true love.

This view was partially shaped by the books I read in high school (“Crime and Punishment” etc.), teaching methods in school at that time (We were encouraged to strive for perfection) and because of my overall sheltered childhood.

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Happy Times

Happy Times

I am one of those people who love taking photos of food. It’s kind of silly, I know. But to me, those are the happiest and fun moments spent with friends and family -  times when you are cooking together or trying out new restaurants, but always having a good time.

Food somehow brings us together and makes us happy. I don’t remember even one photo with food, where people looked sad. So here is my collection of some food photos that I took over the years. They definitely bring happy memories to me.

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Bermuda Triangle Mystery

Bermuda Triangle Mystery

One of the reasons I was always interested in visiting Bermuda is to learn more about Bermuda Triangle. The region between Miami, Puerto Rico and Bermuda is well-known for mysterious disappearances of numerous planes and ships. Nobody really knows why so many planes and ships suddenly disappeared in this area without even sending an alarm signal. So it seems like something happened to them so fast that captains couldn’t even react to that.

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