May 01, 2009 Faith in Progress By Laura Williams One fine spring day, a new telephone appeared in the village of Chukhrai. A beautiful thing. But it connected to no one or no thing.
March 01, 2008 Rural Medicine: Remedies and Realities By Laura Williams Columnist Laura Williams recounts in run-ins with the Russian health care system, village-style.
July 01, 2007 Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves By Laura Williams A crime is committed in Laura's village by some wandering gypsies. So her husband takes the law into his own hands...
July 01, 2006 Village Injustice By Laura Williams This modern tale of two hapless village drunks and their run-in with the Russian justice system could be taken out of Chekhov. But, sadly, it is non-fiction.
May 01, 2006 Chado, the Roving Superdog By Laura Williams "A dog is a basic necessity in the village, and the bigger the dog, the better..." But this is not a story about a big dog, at least not physically...
March 01, 2006 Village Fashion By Laura Williams The latest, most up-to-date guide of what to wear down in the village, where there is no bad weather, just bad clothing!
January 01, 2006 The Road to New Year's By Laura Williams A trip home for is a challenging start to a New Year and a new marriage.
September 01, 2005 To Bathe or Not to Bathe By Laura Williams Our neighbor Kalkan has probably been clean and sober only a dozen times in his life. The last time he bathed in a barrel of water warmed in a wood stove he came down with a bad cold and vowed never to do it again.
November 01, 2004 Bringing in the New Year By Laura Williams From her village in the Bryansk region, Laura Williams offers a distinctly rural picture of the New Year's holidays in Russia.
September 01, 2004 Fall in the Morning, Winter in the Afternoon By Laura Williams The change from summer to fall invokes many rituals and holidays. The holiday of Pokrov is rich with traditions of marriage.
