This blog records the memories of a past life in the Soviet Union from ca. 1940 - 1970. Those memories have come to the foreground recently, and since they are so vivid and detailed I wish to chronicle them and my search for validation. Comments welcome!
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Woke up this morning with "Giroflé, girofla" by Yves Montand playing in my head. It was strange because it came out of the blue, I'd last heard the song at least five years ago. That's why I thought its sudden reappearance must have some significance....
This flashback came to me when I discovered there was a hole in my exhaust pipe and I wondered if I'd be able to mend it without a pit or hydraulic ramp. (Haven't found the hole yet since it was too dark, tomorrow morning will be a better time for such...
This was triggered by the sight of this fenced-off, empty plot which I saw while driving to a client.
The sight took me back to a similar empty plot in Chelyabinsk (perhaps in that area which later became Gagarin Park). Maksim is still rather young,...
Some brief flashbacks and fragments that I still thought worth recording:
During the war, Maksim, his mother and sister once survived by digging up frozen turnips from an abandoned field outside the city and boiling them; the result was terrible, but...
These two memories occured within the space of two days; I think the sad one was triggered by the cold weather we've had recently. The happy one came first, so it shall be the first to be written down.
This memory was brought on by the song Песня...
The blog holds the key to the mystery of human consciousness - after our bodies die, our consciousness remains, to be aware of the world through yet another pair of eyes. What we're reading here is validation in minutest detail of a past life. Historical accuracy, not from a text book, but from flashbacks. Worth reading every word and then contemplating life's journey.
Michal
