Windows to Russia

Now that I know that my neck arteries are clear, I can exert more physically. To be honest I was a tiny bit, okay a bunch, worried. But now I can get back to walking and bear the pain with more ease of mind… Besides it is full fledged winter here in Russia and that […]

“We understand that if we’ll make transactions in [US] dollars, they won’t come through,” Putin told reporters on Wednesday…. “So we thought up another option.” The Russian president noted that the ‘dollar-less’ S-400s deal with Turkey is just one example. The same will apply to “other types of goods” as well, said Putin… Well well […]

Predictably, Western media has been complaining again about “Russian aggression”, a gift that keeps on giving. Or blaming Russia for its over-reaction, overlooking the fact that Ukraine’s incursion was with military vessels, not fishing boats. Russian resolve was quite visible, as powerful Ka-52 “Alligator” assault helicopters were promptly on the scene.Washington and Brussels uncritically bought […]

I am a user of the healthcare system available in Russia. I have to pay, since I am not a citizen, but I use the same healthcare that everyone else has available. Just costs me money… 2300 rubles is what I paid to have a “Carotid Ultrasound Doppler” – 2300 rubles is $34 to $35 […]

Here is the groundwork for the latest escapades in the Kerch Strait….and yes America was front and center… The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Ukraine on the occasion of the 2018 U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission Meeting in Washington, DC. Media Note: Office of […]

 Poroshenko behaving like Saakashvili. Two puppets that think and act like idiots… UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Russia requested an urgent meeting of UN Security Council members at 11 a.m. on Monday (16.00 GMT) to discuss the situation in the Sea of Azov, Russia’s First Deputy Envoy to UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, told reporters. “In connection […]

Interesting discovery happened (after coming back to Moscow) from the long term staying at the Tiny Russian Village… I came from America and was use to the chlorine in the water. Just a fact that most water in America is chlorinated to make it safe to drink. In Moscow the same, it is chlorinated and […]

This is in the empty lake bed of our Tiny Russian Village lake. Svetochka and I were walking the dried lake bed and came near the edge of the lake. The grasses were tall and beautiful… Svetochka loved the tall grasses as they whispered in the breeze… I wonder what they were telling her? WtR

Get ready for Christmas surprises… WtR

But… No pumpkin pie for us trying to stay thinner. I did not say thin, I said, “Thinner!” Which implies that we have extra padding to work with… Amazing how fast time flies….not sure I like flying time though… I bought a pumpkin today and will boil it, part of it, for us to have […]