Valery Rubin

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“Pink flamingo” by Valery Rubin

I wake up, and I see a vast pink spot. Pink flamingo. The sun's rays breaking through the leaves of maples, the curtain on the window, draw a picture on the wall, a magical illusion, an attraction that is possible only in autumn. Autumn in Canada is the time for raspberry-coloured sugar maples. Why "sugar"? The answer is simple: juice is collected from trees, transformed into maple syrup by a simple technological process. The sugar maple leaf is Canada's national emblem, while maple syrup is a trademark of Canada. Like Niagara Falls or hocke...

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Journalist, writer, blogger. Author of several novels from the "Secret Officer" series, collections of stories and poems. Member of the International Writers Union of Jerusalem. I live in Canada.