Windows to Russia

  Boza and I walked and walked and walked. The weather was good and the temperature was even better. I used the tiny cellphone camera and just snapped images. What you see is what we saw as we walked and we also as you see found a road deep in the woods. The woods gotContinue reading A Boza and I Walk…

The day is; Sunrise – 8:58 to Sunset – 15:58! Exactly 7 hours long today, then starting tomorrow it is one minute longer and goes up from there. This is the shortest day of the year December 22nd, 2015… The days are very short, but after today, I get to look forward to more andContinue reading Shortest Day of the Year…

At 9:30 p.m. I will be at the train station and pick my sweet pea up! Boza and I are lucky, we have family to be with us for Christmas… I have spent a bunch of Christmases alone or without family in my lifetime. Starting at an early age as I sat in trenches amongstContinue reading Pick Sveta up tonight…

Sochivo is a traditional dish of the Orthodox Christmas Eve. Sochivo is a special vegetable dish made from scalded wheat grains, and sometimes rice or lentils, mixed with seeds (poppy seed, almond or hazelnut), juice,  and honey, which is approved by the Charter of the Orthodox church to be eaten during Christmas Eve. In factContinue reading The Christmas Eve, Sochivo recipe…