Sorry if I've missed a relevant posting, but I thought we should note & treasure the date January 30th*, just rolled by. That day in 1865 saw the birth in the village of Shklov of Evsei Lazarevich Slonim, father of Vera, father-in-law of Vladimir Nabokov, and grandfather of Dmitri. To whom-all: Pokhvala! Slava!
* Yes, I'm re-reading Stacy Schiff's VERA (Portrait of a Marriage). Careful not to believe everything!
Stan Kelly-Bootle