Windows to Russia

The other day I counted sixteen ravens floating above the bell tower. Our family of huge ravens has discovered a new treat in life. They float on the updraft created when we have a northern wind and play for hours during the day. I have watched them just float in place, like a helicopter and […]

WtR

I am so happy with Windows 8.1 and so unhappy with Windows 10. There really is no comparison between the two and livability is the reason that Windows 8.1 is the best. Windows 10 has so many idiosyncrasies that it makes it hard to love unless you simply have plenty of resources to waste and […]

My second cup of coffee after walking with Boza for an hour this morning, is excellent! Boza and I got up at 5:30 a.m. instead of an earlier time this morning. We were tired, for I went to town, then decided to clean the yard. I knew snow was coming so I better get some […]

Big Village for food… -12 Celsius this morning… Bright sunshiny day and -2 as the high… Two cups of coffee before I start… Boza stays home… Drivers License… Money… Will Sammy the Volga make it out? I will be back later and let everyone know what is going on. This is the last chance to […]

Four a.m. and Boza needed to go outside. He was kind of feeling bad (Sluggish and slow or was that me feeling that way?) and I went out with to sit with him as he did his doggy business. By then since the cold had crept into my bones, I made coffee and stayed up. […]

Looks like a bunch of snow later in the week and Monday will be -3 or so and Monday night -8 or so. That means Tuesday morning is my only chance to get out of here and go shopping at the Big Village for at least a few weeks. I will leave at 7 a.m. […]

Sveta a few months back had bought us a weather station for the village. It was extremely reasonable in price and included everything to function and build it. I supplied the two screwdrivers and one pair of pliers and a lot of mental anguish as I deciphered the Chinese to English instructions… Finally, as you […]

by John Stanton In 2007 I wrote and presented a conceptual paper to an international studies group in Portugal. The subject matter was, generally, the use of Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience (ECN) to manage humanity. That paper would eventually finds its way, remarkably, into Rebecca Costa’s seminal The Watchman’s Rattle. I said back in 2007 that […]

Sipping a cup of coffee and deciding what to write. I am not sure I want to go at what I did yesterday again today. I am sore and need a rest. I am rebuilding the double gate on our land and tore it all the way out. Then I started to dig holes to […]