Aleksandr Karjaka

Cover Edition 2023

Cover Edition 2023

Whatever happened to the 12 days of Christmas? It's January 3rd and the stores are already pushing Valentine's Day. Growing up in a half slavic home, we celebrated two Christmases, the second being on January 7th for Orthodox Christmas if you follow the Julian...

Reflective Reflections

Reflective Reflections

It’s Labor Day weekend and I’m spending it in the most glamorous of locations, Jenison  Michigan. Ever been? Just outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan I’m crashing at the childhood home of some dear friends from college of nearly 20 years ago, a sentence I never thought...

KARJAKA NEW YORK: No Pain No Gain

KARJAKA NEW YORK: No Pain No Gain

“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those are doing it.” said the late playwright George Bernard Shaw. Putting in the time to accomplish end goals is often just a matter putting in the work on a gradual basis where we get better at the task at hand....