Windows to Russia

I woke at 5am and the first thing I see is more reports and videos on West / Kiev Ukraine using white phosphorous on her East Ukraine people. Then I see where in a form of retaliation, a transport plane with at least 30 paratroopers from West Ukraine, has been blown out of the sky […]

Or until the Empire collapses… (And as Britain found out, forever is a long time even when they collapsed!) It is a no-brainer when it comes to Iraq and many other countries that the U.S. has interfered in. As I have written many times, “I am sure glad the war is over in Iraq!” Now […]

I had a grandmother that had a rough life. She, like many grandma’s of grouchy guys like me, lived through the depression times and did somethings that they would normally not do in life. I remember clearly a story that grandma would tell to me, many times over many years… Always ask who, what, why […]

Internet has been a interesting concept in the Russian Village, we have tried just literally every way to get connection and in the last few years we had 2G and it worked extremely slow but steady. Then Sveta found a coverage map for our area and we came upon the realization that 3G was about […]

Last night I did my laundry and hung it up to dry. This morning, early, I am scrambling to gather that still slightly wet laundry and get it inside, the rain is pouring and my almost dry laundry is getting soaked. That is the state of affairs in my part of the world, how is […]

We needed it, the plants needed it, the animals needed it, the dirt needed it and life needed it. What was so important? Rain, that is what we needed and yesterday we got it! Rain and rain and rain. Inches of beautiful ground watering, rain… Before the rain came rolling in, in the form of […]

It was, that now shan’t! That sums up an America that had the sparrow by its tail and instead of doing good, it produced nothing but resentment for its very existence on this planet… The coffee is really good this morning and as Sveta sleeps and dreams her village dreams, I sip a cup of […]

This morning I got up at 4:30 am and it was so wonderfully cool and refreshing. The inside of the village home was still warm and stuffy and Boza plus I, decided a walk was in order, then get water from the well, then eat and then I stared at the clock that I have […]

Actually I heard it in her voice and suspected it, but it still is a pleasant surprise when Sveta said that she had to change her plans due to the upcoming holiday (Russia Day) and she had to either come early or late and since coming later than like after the holidays, would not be […]

That is what I will attempt today, the title tells it all. Yesterday I over did it and now I am paying big time for all that I did yesterday. It got too hot and I was stupid, as I worked until the heat almost brought me down. It snuck up on me and before […]