This blog, by John Leeson & Oksana Kuryliw was set up in 2013, but has had few updates since 2015. We’re still hoping to update it a bit more frequently, but here are some new (& newish) items
- In July, 2020, we sold the house we’d lived in for almost 44 years, and (as we’d long planned), moved into an apartment downtown (Bay & Wellesley) in September. We’re both very happy with the decision, and our new home & neighbourhood. No regrets at all.
- Sadly, on our move day, John’s sister died, and a few weeks later, our beloved cat Charlie had to be put down.
- May 2020: we have a new story posted here: Searching for Ivan, about our 2010 search for Oksana’s grandfather who died in 1920s Cuba.
- In 2017, we completed a documentary about Oksana’s father, Chapters and Verses: Action Bill’s Walk Through Life. It premiered in September, 2017, and has been shown several times in Toronto, Sudbury and Edmonton. A Ukrainian-language version is in the works. The video and more information is at chaptersandverses.ca
Other articles are linked in the tabs at the top of the page.
We can be reached by email at website@jookjoint.ca
Us, in Havana, January, 2010
Our old front yard
Our new front yard