Above, the stars.

Brighten up your night, literally, by subscribing to NASA's Spot The Station Alert. You will be notified whenever the International Space Station passes above your location during the night, as well as of her trajectory and the duration of visibility.

I just spent two magical minutes seeing the station for the very first time after waiting for months for a clear sky in a night that suits me. Let me stress that those two minutes made up for all the waiting, and more.

Nikolai Zakablucnii Grigorievici.

Nikolai Grigorievici was taken to Germany to work as a forced laborer when he still was a small child. Head on over to "Last Prisoner Story" to read his account of life in camps and different places of work, as well as what become of him after the war.

Tatiana Samilovna Griliskaia.

Tatiana Griliskaia was sixteen when during World War II she was taken to Germany to work as a forced laborer. She survived hunger, hardships and bombings, managing to return to Ukraine after the war and rebuild. Head on over to "Last Prisoner Story" to read her story.

Rules of survival for Eastern Ukraine.

#1. Never pass up an okay restroom.
#2. There are positive aspects to everything, even bus rides. (Mostly related to matters of arrival.)
#3. Learn Russian.
#4. Embrace showers as a place of worship.
#5. Every meal could be your last before more potatoes with mushrooms.
#6. Don't eat it if you might as well feed it.
#7. Solvent solves it.

Buffy The Bunny Slayer.

No, there's never enough.

Weißdeck.