In search of cultural adventures, some make the rounds of local bars, while others frequent art openings and attend film festivals. I prefer to hunt up local history where it is most firmly planted: in the city's cemeteries. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine, my job was three-fold: share America, learn about Ukraine, share Ukraine with America. As an English teacher in a local highschool, I plodded through my first task. It is in part through this worldisround posting that I am able to accomplish the last. But, learning about ... (more)