Lana V Lynx
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Avid reader and occasional writer of satire and short fiction. For my own sanity and security, I write under a pen name. My books: Moscow Calling - 2017 and President & Psychiatrist
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Rain Water for Gardening
When I don't teach, research, write, knit or refinish furniture, I garden. My house in Atlanta currently has a pomegranate tree, five fig trees, a persimmon tree, black raspberries, elderberries, black and red currants, sunflowers and seaberries all planted by me and my son. I also have a small patch of tomatoes and peppers that I replant every year.
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Lifehack
Your Letter of Recommendation Could be Here
Recently, I see a lively debate around the value of the letters of recommendation. Do they still do anything? Are they worth writing and submitting? Do they have a value for those who read them? As someone who requests, writes, and reads many letters of recommendation (hereinafter LORs for simplicity) for both myself, my students, and (potential) colleagues, let me assure you that they still have a lot of weight in higher education, government agencies, and sometimes non-profits.
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Education
Light, Horseshoe and Creative Spirit
Disclaimer: This story was partially written with the help of AI. The neon lights of the urban cityscape flickered through the rain-soaked window as Luna stared at the holographic billboard across the street. She was a 15-year-old girl with a restless spirit, always yearning for adventure in a world that seemed to have lost its magic. It was the year 2050, and life had become a series of monotonous routines, information overload right inot people's brains, and virtual distractions.
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Fiction
Old Couple and a Dog
I am traveling back to my home country of Kyrgyzstan, for the first time since 2018. Sitting at JFK Terminal 1 now, waiting for the Turkish Air to open the counters for flight registration. This is my least favorite terminal at JFK: it hosts most international airlines, has very small and narrow waiting area for the departure flights with “only ticketed passengers” warning signs and virtually no seats. I have too large bags, so my mobility is limited and the elevator to the food court is not working. I’ve managed to find a seat in front of the counters I need, and won’t get up for fear of losing it. Lots of people come and go, I forgot how many people can travel internationally at the same time. I still have over 7 hours before my flight and time is suspended. I take out my laptop to write.
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Humans
Mermaid Riding Motorcycle
For the Word Hunt challenge, I picked the words MOTORCYCLE, MERMAID, and SOLSTICE from the prompt. I have decided to continue developing my small universe of the Absurd crossed over with the Russian fairy tales that I started in the Remove That Hex story. You should be able to understand this story without reading the first one, but I highly recommend doing it for full context. Please keep in mind that this is a prequel to the events in the first story.
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Fiction
Modern Russian Propaganda Street Art
May 14, 2023: pro-war “Z-patriotic” Russian street artists Sasha Montlevivh and Alexey Chizhov sprayed a triptych of Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov, Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin, and Vladimir Putin on the Kadyrov bridge in St.Petersburg, Russia. Referring to a classical Soviet triptych of Marx, Engels, and Lenin (below), the graffiti suggests KPP are the founders of the Russian “New Order.”
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Fiction
Identity and Communication
We all go through life wondering who we really are and who we want to be when we grow up. Identity -- the idea and image of self that makes us both distinct from and similar to other people -- is something that we become acutely aware of in teenage years and carry with us all our life. Some of it is the unshakable baggage we are saddled with at birth, but much of it is being shaped by experiences, interactions, and communication with other people, by life itself.
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Humans
