Well, now I have two months of a fairly long, hot summer ahead of me without much going on before things kick back into gear again in the autumn.  I've been making a project for the last month or so of organizing and cataloguing my rather enormous collection (and, um, backlog) of research photos from various libraries, so I expect I'll continue with that, and I have plenty of writing to do!  But first, one more online lecture!

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Another month full of exciting travel, this time to Germany, and then on to precepting a Civil War ball in Pennsylvania.  In-person teaching and dancing, hurrah!

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IN-PERSON EVENTS.  That pretty much sums it up.  See you on the real, live dance floor!

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Spring has sprung, I'm still in the USA, and I have one more month of online events before transitioning back to primarily in-person teaching in May and June!

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Well. 

The major possibility I was expecting for March was to move back to Moscow and resume teaching dance in Russia and Ukraine, so I didn't plan much of anything else.  As anyone who has not been living under a rock for the last few days is no doubt aware, that is probably not happening this month, and it's hard to say whether it will happen in the foreseeable future.  Or at all.

So…new possibilities are needed.  I'll make a quick research trip to Boston early this month and will be working on other events and workshops in the USA for later this spring, plus planning for one or two conferences in Europe.  For those who've been wanting me in the USA but have been blocked first by my mostly being in Russia and then by the pandemic, this is a great time to book me.

Is anyone else tired of being resilient after the last two years?

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As we come out of the Omicron surge, I’m starting to plan actual, in-person events for later this spring (May/June), hoping they will actually take place this year.  Meanwhile, I’m back with the California-based Historical Tea & Dance Society again this month for another Zoom lecture and will have a research trip or two as well.

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Happy new year!  It’s got to be better than the last one, right?  Did I say that last year, too?  (Nope.)

This month I’m back (online) with the California-based Historical Tea & Dance Society for another lecture and will have a research trip or two, but we’re in the midst of the Omicron surge, so not much else is happening, alas.

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And…we may be heading into another winter viral surge.  Fortunately, I've only got online events this month, but I'll be making research trips to Boston and Washington, D.C., and continuing to push my writing (now with extra added translation!) forward.  Life may be quite, but it's not boring!

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Back in the ballroom at last!  This month I will return to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for a Remembrance Day Ball (though in a different location and with a different organizer than in previous years) as well as doing a presentation for an online conference in the UK.  I'll squeeze in a research jaunt around the Gettysburg trip and expect to spend time early in the month sewing a new costume for it since my ballgown is (sigh) still in Moscow.  I'm so excited to get back on the dance floor in costume for the first time since early March, 2020!

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All right, this month is actually less of the same, relative to last month.  Let’s hope that roots grow deep in the dark, because this is definitely a dark and quiet month for me.  But better things – including an in-person thing – are coming in November!  Edited to add: And better things have arrived!  I will be doing an in-person dance class!  In person!!!  Not open to the public, alas, but in person!

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