Three years in: Words and numbers paint the picture
02.24.2022 / 02.24.2023 02.24.2023 / 02.24.2024 02.24.2024 / 02.25.2025 Today = 1,097 days since Putin invaded Ukraine I have written about the invasion of Ukraine three times : just after it began, then on the first anniversary, then again on the second anniversary, and now again on the third anniversary. I wish this were not so. I wish there were no anniversaries of this horror. And, yet, here we are. On March 14, 2022 , I began with fortitude and naivety — and with “Lists for leaving”: For a long time, I have not watched the evening news. But these days, I am watching it every evening. The images compel me. I am not living them, so the least I can do is witness them ... On February 21, 2023, I moved to persistence and disbelief , wanting to “edit the world”: To take my blue pencil, strike out February 24, 2022, put a line through Moscow and Putin, emphasize Ukraine in BOLD ALL CAPS, give it its own page, its own boundaries, insert ‘free from’ in front of invasion, replace tanks and...