National Days & Anniversaries
Holodomor Remembrance Day, 23 November 2024
A remembrance message, and a note on what the recognitions of recent years actually change.
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Independence Day and the other dates in Ukraine's calendar, each read against the state of the country in that year.
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Ukrainian Language Day, 9 November 2024
A message on language day from someone who learned the language late and badly, and is glad he did.
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Knowledge Day, 1 September 2024
A first-of-September greeting for a yard that is fuller than last year, and for the yards that still cannot fill.
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Independence Day 2024: accession negotiations, and a grid under attack
Thirty-three years. In June, Ukraine formally opened membership negotiations with the European Union. Through the summer, roughly half its generating capacity has been damaged. Both facts…
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Day of Ukrainian Statehood 2024
The third observance of a young holiday about an old subject, and a note on what statehood means to somebody who deals with the state daily.
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Ivana Kupala, 7 July 2024
A midsummer greeting for a third wartime Kupala, kept small and inland.
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Constitution Day, 28 June 2024
A short note on the anniversary, with an observation about what the document has been doing lately.
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Vyshyvanka Day, 16 May 2024
A greeting for the day, and a note on the shirts being made now by people who learned during the war.
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Easter 2024
The fifth of May, and a greeting from the twentieth Easter I have marked in this country.
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International Women's Day 2024
A greeting in a period when the composition of the workforce has changed more than at any point I have witnessed here.
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Day of Unity 2024
Twenty years since I arrived, and a January day about lands held together.
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New Year, 1 January 2024
A New Year greeting for a table with some empty places and the meal made anyway.
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