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Marina Gorbis guest blogs for BoingBoing.net: Dushechka, or how I learned to love baseball and bluegrass
On today's BoingBoing guest blog, Marina discusses Anton Checkhov, bluegrass, and baseball. Here is an excerpt from the post:
As my son gets ready to move out of the house to go to college, I've been thinking about another Russian writer who captures universal human themes that resonate over a hundred years later: Anton Checkhov. His story "Dushechka" or, in English translation, "The Darling," has many layers of meaning. Indeed, the Russian word Dushechka originates from the Russian word "dusha" or soul, and thus the title alone has multiple meanings -- soul mate, someone who is all soul, or has a great soul. I'm not going to do Dushechka justice in this post so please forgive me, dear Russian literature fanatics.
It is hard to be a parent and completely avoid turning into a Dushechka just a bit, particularly in this day and age of high parental involvement. Whether we like it or not, we become engaged in our kids' passions and pursuits, and often absorb them as our own. That brings me to baseball and bluegrass.
Links to Marina's previous BoingBoing posts:
Collecting dead souls in social media
Socialstructing: Bringing social back into our economy and organizations