Friday, September 08, 2006

today is my Name Day





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In many families in Russia Name Day is as big as Birthday.

posted by Natalia L. Rudychev at 9:50 PM

13 Comments:

Blogger Amalendu said...

Happy Name Day Natalia...

It’s a portray of lovely imagination...

4:23 AM  
Blogger Natalia L. Rudychev said...

Shyamalee

Thank you!
Recently I found out that my name originates from Latin phrase "natale domini". It was quite a surprise for me. Before I was told that it means "natural".

6:31 AM  
Blogger Natalia L. Rudychev said...

Janet

Thank you!

3:06 AM  
Blogger Pat Paulk said...

With each reading/viewing this gets sweeter and sweeter!! Happy Name Day!!!

3:19 PM  
Blogger Natalia L. Rudychev said...

Pat

Thank you for your kind words!

2:51 AM  
Blogger Amalendu said...

so nice of you Natalia...in fact so "natural" of you...

3:10 AM  
Blogger Natalia L. Rudychev said...

Shyamalee

Thank you!

1:47 PM  
Blogger polona said...

oh, this is lovely!
happy belated name day, natalia!

2:36 PM  
Blogger Natalia L. Rudychev said...

Polona

Thank you! Do you celebrate Name Days?

2:11 PM  
Blogger polona said...

well, it is a catholic tradition, too, and widely celebrated in slovenia, but i don't consider myself a catholic (haven't even been baptised), so in my family we have never celebrated name day.

2:06 PM  
Blogger Natalia L. Rudychev said...

Polona

I've asked because none of the graduate students I study with celebrate their's. My grandma (and her word was the LAW in the family:)insisted that I was baptised though it was not very safe to do it in Russia in the seventies. I am the only child. In my family it was less a religious celebration and more just another reason to get me spoiled:)Love this holiday because it reminds me of my grandma and her tender care.

3:07 PM  
Blogger mattm said...

i like this, but wonder if it would work better with an 'a' before apple?

5:49 AM  
Blogger Natalia L. Rudychev said...

MATTM

Thank you for the comment! I am not a native speaker. I know that in haiku it is permittered to omitt articles. Since this particular apple was rolling quickly I looked for brevity of expression. But I might be wrong. I would really appreciate if you share your thoughts with me.

11:59 AM  

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