Tips for Living

by Renee Shafransky

Some days I could swear there’s a volcano in my chest. The energy I expend to keep it from erupting can exhaust me. I often feel depressed. But I make sure to renew my vow every day: I absolutely will not let anger destroy my life.

Sina Shluha vokzal’naja ve Siberia.

“Son of a whore who works a train station in Siberia.”

The name Pequod derives from the Pequot, the Algonquin tribe that thrived hunting whales off the coast here before the white settlers moved in. It’s also the name of the whaling vessel in that epic tome Moby Dick

Sobachny ne karyyty. “Barking dogs seldom bite.”

“I don’t have to tell you how much resentment has risen with the cost of living here.”

“You can feel your emotions without acting on them,” Dr. Feld had said. “If you bottle up anger, eventually it explodes. It’s called an emotion because it’s meant to move. Just breathe and let it.”

Develop a taste for the “earthy,” but remember: choose those fungi carefully, or you’ll end up feeding the worms.

“Ne eshee byidi beda sama tibya nadyet. Don’t trouble trouble till trouble troubles you,”