Tolstoy and Löwenfeld spent time in the fields of Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy's estate, and ?took turns cutting oats with Tolstoy's scythe. Tolstoy, at 60, had a lot more stamina for this than his 36-year-old visitor. ? ...
Don't Pollyanna Me. I had the luxury of spending the morning with my boyfriend today. After some hot cocoa and goodies, we settled in under a blanket and turned on the morning news. A segment came on about St. Jude's Hospital. ...
At around 6:00pm, one of Ira's friends (along with her husband and son) met us at Yasnaya Polyana and took us back into Tula. We had planned to stay in the Hotel Tula, and we had been told that it is almost always empty, ...