Won't You Be My Distant Neighbor?
I'm fairly certain I've written about this subject before, being inundated with little old ladies from foreign countries on YouTube. It all began last year when I was enthralled by an older couple who live in Azerbaijan. Their son is the videographer who makes their home look like what heaven should look like. An abundance of flowers, fruit, vegetables and pet crows, all in beautiful living colors. I have watched the woman make enough food for thirty people whilst the old man tinkers about pulling weeds and planting more flowers. It's so pretty I question whether it's real, but I think it is. Then I got a visit from an old lady who lives in the hills in Siberia. I felt truly bad for her because I think she was being used. She was handed a pair of new, bulky slippers before her day of drudgery began. The look on her face was one of confusion, as if she had never received a gift in her life. Looking at her surroundings it was easy to surmise she lived a really hard lif...