sitting

Today I went into one store to buy something to eat (I walked a lot and was hungry), so I bought these 2 little sausage things. But on the steps of the store was a little old woman begging for money, and I realized that I couldn't just walk past her eating my sausages. So I offered her one and sat down with her and ate. She told me a bit about her life. Her husband died like 14 years ago, her kids & grandkids died too (if I understood correctly), and she sits on this step everyday begging for money. She also lives far away, so she has to take the metro and then a marshutka (van) to get there. It was really, sweet is not the right word, but just really memorable: sitting on the steps to a Nicora store eating a tiny sausage with an old beggar woman. But I'm thinking now, is there something more I could've done?

So I guess there's still this war in Georgia. I mean, not officially, but Russia is still here, and it's starting to get annoying. I read a headline just now that said, "US demands Russian troops to leave Georgia". So we'll see where that goes...