Windows to Russia

Sveta dislikes having a mouse around the village home, but she also even more, dislikes killing the mice. So since the little mice were very brave and very stupid. I just waited and decided to trap and move the mice one at a time to the forest… We noticed that two little mice had decided […]

Boza and I walk four or five times a day. I should say, I walk steadily and Boza runs ahead and waits. I plod along and keep going, Boza leaves me in the dust and then sometimes is even asleep when I find him. Unless we find a kitty, then Boza is left behind by […]

This is an article that I have posted and reposted in full to make sure the information gets spread. That way if one site goes down, others will have the information to pass on. The facts in this article are simply that, “Facts!” Russia and China are and have been getting ready for World War […]

When I first came to Russia I was leery of a dessert in that was not cooked. It is called the “potato!”  The potato is found in most stores that sell food in Moscow and or in the refrigerator of a babushka. Just look for the tortes section and or get to know a babushka […]

Yesterday, I was thinking to myself, “Self, I have eaten all the fruit and berries in the yard!” Then an hour later, across the road, Nikolai comes with a huge bowl of fresh ripe yellow plums. The purple plums did not produce this year, but the yellow plums, which did not produce last year, are […]

Half of yesterday and all night, plus still trying to gather all the comments associated with Windows to Russia this morning. Over the many years that I have been blogging, WTR has had close to half a million plus comments. Most were lost during several DDoS attacks several years ago, staged by the land of […]

Comments came under a huge attack from a site based in Washington DC! Cool, because it gave me an excuse to shut down the old and install a third party system and now it is on automatic. I have much better things to do than to spend hours trying to hold off attacks by zealous […]

I talked about how Sveta a month or more ago, wanted to learn to ride horses. Well she found a place nearby our home in Moscow and she rode for the first time since a little girl on a horse. She loves horses and I see a future in the village of raising and breeding […]

About a week ago, Vova went on a date! With a woman! Yes an actual date… It was set up by his friends and family. Vova had no idea they were doing such a thing, but I saw it coming and Vova was invited into a bigger village, where some of his family lives and […]

I have been busy the last few days and now it is time to rest. The temperature is getting hot for a few days and nothing better than resting when it is too warm to work hard. I have been painting the trim on the house and all my buddies have given their opinion and […]