by JHowatt | May 20, 2022 | Life Style
Grandma Kay and Momdog Tour the Hermitage Museum August 1995. First, my apologies for a misprint in the date of my first Russia blogs. Mom and I traveled in August of 1995 not March of 1999. This will be my last blog about my Russian trip with the indomitable but... 
by JHowatt | Apr 20, 2022 | Life Style
Grandma Kay Creates an Adventure. Peter the Great and Night at the Ballet March 1999. The early morning conversation at Veronica and Igor’s kitchen table was just beginning to break personal barriers. Common themes had just started to emerge–what pursuits were our... 
by Jane Howatt | Apr 11, 2022 | Life Style
Grandma Kay and Momdog Meet Sound of Music: Russian Style March 1999. As Grandma Kay continued her conversation at Veronica’s and Igor’s kitchen table, I decided to take a few photos in case I ever decided to write a story about my Russian adventure with mom. I... 
by JHowatt | Mar 21, 2022 | Crime Writing, Life Style
Momdog and Grandma Kay meet Veronica and Igor March 1999. The gloomy, grey sky seemed to follow my laborious trek to the stalled baggage claim carousel. Grandma Kay – always the efficient traveler who once hailed a New York cab driver with the flourish and theatrics... 
by JHowatt | Feb 18, 2022 | Crime Writing, Life Style
Momdog Frets while Grandma Kay Sleeps: From San Diego to Russia. March 1999. When I learned Grandma Kay had booked our flight on the Russian airline, Aeroflot, my stomach twisted into a knot. For good reason. Back in the day when I was an airline stewardess, I’d... 
by JHowatt | Jan 29, 2022 | Crime Writing, Life Style
San Diego to St. Petersburg with Grandma Kay January 24, 2021. I read the headline in Yahoo News: “Ukrainians to Grapple with Warnings That Russian Invasion is Imminent.” Russia! Russia! Russia! Headlines getting worse. Will Putin invade Ukraine? What does this...