Talking With Ukrainians

They are dispersed across Europe like the seeds of a dandelion

Photo by Foad Roshan on Unsplash

There is something sweet about picking a dandelion from the emerald-colored grass and, after assessing its perfectly-formed fragility, quickly sucking air into the lungs and then ejecting that air forcibly forward. The nearly-translucent seedlings race frantically away, riding on the cooling air, and then once secure…