This was very hard to believe, that morning!
I’ve got a memory for you.
Early one morning in 1989–35 years ago–I had a date to teach in St. Helena’s School. It was still dark out and I was hoping to squeeze in one more nap… when my wife came into the bedroom and announced, “There’s no more Soviet Union. The Soviet Union has collapsed.”
Whoa-ho-ho! For real? The Russian Bear, the boogieman. I grew up in the 50s and 60s, the heart of the Cold War. The USSR–kaputsky? Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev saying “We will bury you.” All of that was now over?
But that’s enough from me. What about your memories? The contest’s halfway over, but it remains open to everyone, and you can enter as often as you like. Win an autographed book or a T-shirt, and the awe-struck admiration of your friends.