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I just want to read a book

When everything is dying — me included — the best I can do is to flip the last page of Rooney’s novel — Last Sunday, I bought “Conversations with Friends” by Sally Rooney. In Kyiv, it’s rare to stumble on a book in English without Stephen King’s name on it, but I found it. It was jammed between Rooney’s larger novel “Beautiful World, Where Are You” and another book the name of which…

Life Lessons

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I just want to read a book
I just want to read a book
Life Lessons

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3 days ago

Waiting for good days

When will they finally come? — You should try to enjoy days of your life or, at least, be aware that such a choice exists and is available to you. Joy is right here — just reach out and catch the moment. Depression is what renders you blind to those illusive threads of joy sewn into…

Mental Health

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Waiting for good days
Waiting for good days
Mental Health

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Sep 22

What if Russians bombed your power plants?

Would you want the rest of the world to stop them from doing that? — Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, said today that Russia has been attacking and bombing our energy infrastructure for the last two weeks. Last year, the world did very little to deter Russia from bombing our power plants, leaving us without light for most of the winter. I personally don’t remember…

Life

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What if Russians bombed your power plants?
What if Russians bombed your power plants?
Life

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Aug 28

Kyiv streets smell of coffee

Every path, every route in this city is paved by hot steams of freshly brewed coffee. — Folk (hipster) wisdom says, “Coffee shops can never be too many.” Kyiv tries to challenge that belief, but — despite its consistent dedication to opening too many coffee shops — there are still just enough of them and not too many. Every path, every route in this city is paved…

Cities

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Kyiv streets smell of coffee
Kyiv streets smell of coffee
Cities

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Human Parts

·Aug 21

The war tore our families apart

We haven’t seen our parents for two years — My boyfriend Serhii had a call with his family. It was his grandmother’s birthday. She was born right after Holodomor, survived the Second World War and now — at the age of 76 — she has to live through…

Family

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The war tore our families apart
The war tore our families apart
Family

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Aug 20

War, beach and other nuisances

We just want to feel a little bit less unfree than usual — We went swimming in the Dnipro River today. It was exciting and weird. For the last two years, a bathtub was our river, lake, sea and ocean. It’s odd to take a dive in a real, actual, proper city river with slippery algae and green, cloudy water. It also makes…

Ukraine

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War, beach and other nuisances
War, beach and other nuisances
Ukraine

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The Narrative Arc

·Aug 19

A place in Kyiv where quiet lives

In a cafe at the foot of Andriyivsʹka Tserkva — Andriyivsʹka Tserkva is the third most attractive sight in Kyiv. The triumphant crown rests on the head of a Ukrainian fast-food chain Puzata Hata. There, you can try the famous chicken Kyiv for just 3 euros and polish it in your gut with another local nobility — Kyiv cake. Yummy…

Travel

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A place in Kyiv where quiet lives
A place in Kyiv where quiet lives
Travel

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The Narrative Arc

·Aug 17

Last Summer Days in Kyiv

It’s time to go to a park, sit on the grass and think — In a fast and sucking-in whirlpool of life, it’s easy to forget one thing you should never forget during summer — to go to a park, sit on green, slightly scratching grass and write about that indispensable, rare life experience. So easy to do yet so hard to remember. I…

Life

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Last Summer Days in Kyiv
Last Summer Days in Kyiv
Life

5 min read


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Ellemeno

·Aug 16

Coffee is our love language

We take a sip. We look at each other. We talk about the taste. We speak coffee. We speak love. — Our kitchen has a special wall. Before, it was just an ordinary kitchen wall covered in grey wallpaper. Now, the wall is special. It’s a small gallery. It’s an art installation. It’s a painted canvas dedicated to our love language.

Love

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Coffee is our love language
Coffee is our love language
Love

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Aug 12

Meditating with Polish music

As I listen to more of Maryla Radowicz’s music, I realize that I find the process to be surprisingly meditative — On Monday, I stumbled on a song called Jestem Kobietą by Edyta Górniak. I was watching/listening to the covers of Tomorrow Never Dies. Górniak’s cover came up in the recommendation feed. I clicked. The cover was alright — not the most exciting heard. After finishing that, the feed fed me…

Music

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Meditating with Polish music
Meditating with Polish music
Music

3 min read

Anton Kutselyk

Anton Kutselyk

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Medium curator and writer living in Kyiv. I write about war, peace, and coffee.

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