10 June 2010. Solano soldier. Twenty five years of service in the army of Alexander I. Whose childhood name, after all, was Sasha. Sasha, like all the other Sashas--a flop of blond hair, military dress in play, the first wooden bayonette...
He (the soldier) returns to marry the sister of Sergei Aksakov. Their small home, the garden, animals. A marmot, even, who'd hide under the bed, darting out to steal the old soldier's slippers.
Yesterday, Baker Beach: a crow on the sand, bay wind. Fluffy neck feathers blown back to reveal pure white...
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