Dhyey's obsession w all things glass

It is significant and an irony that the good doctor Dhyey of Neuroboros becomes blind overtime because of his obsession with the history of glass, mirrors, lenses, microscopes and hourglasses.

Ukraine

Looking at a topographical map of Ukraine I can't help but notice it appeared to me a wounded creature attempting to crawl from the steppes in the east up through forests to the Carpathians in the west.