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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Citizens of Russia, friends, The year 2016 is coming to a close. It was a challenging year, but the difficulties we faced have brought us together and allowed us to reveal enormous resources for our movement forward. The main thing is that we believe in ourselves, in our strengths andContinue reading President Putin and 2016 – 2017 New Year Address…

It is the New Year and or actually as I write this the end of 2016 and we look forward to 2017. Hard to believe that I have lived this long and get to see 2017… Tonight the Russian kids get visited by Santa Claus or Ded Moroz as they (Russian) call him… Just readContinue reading New Year in Russia is Christmas…

Today is basically a picture day. This is a record of the Tiny Russian Village at the end of 2016… Then lets grab the snowshoes! Lets tour the village as Boza and I walk and walk and walk… -10 degrees by the way… That is our village and it is a Tiny Russian Village… WtR

“We regard the recent unfriendly steps taken by the outgoing US administration as provocative and aimed at further weakening the Russia-US relationship. This runs contrary to the fundamental interests of both the Russian and American people. Considering the global security responsibilities of Russia and the United States, this is also damaging to international relations asContinue reading President Putin of Russia to Obama and the USA!

I woke at 4 a.m. and Boza and I walked in the -10 degree cold. Blood sugar was 5.2 mmol/l, blood pressure was at 106/65 and heart rate was 65 bpm. All was good and calm. Boza and I walked over an hour in -10 degrees weather. It was actually a blessing and -10 isContinue reading Thoughts and a Coffee from TRV…

By John Stanton And so it came to pass that on the 1st month of the 20th day in the year of our Lord 2017, Emperor Twitteritus Trumparonious, born in the 6th month of the year of our Lord 1946, improbably snatched the reins of the glorious American Empire from Queen Hilliarious Clintoniosis whom theContinue reading Emperor Twitteritus Trumparonious: Birth on Total Lunar Eclipse, 666 Signs

Looks like Boza and I have to get ready! In about a week or so, it will hit somewhere around -40 and below… -40 Centigrade (C) is -40 Fahrenheit (F) and in anyone’s book, that is damn cold. I hope it does not hit that low, but we have to get ready regardless. The coldContinue reading Bring in the New Year and cold…

Tvorog is most likely the most important food in Russia. It is better known as cottage cheese and this morning, I am eating a bowl full of this most wonderful substance… For me a morning is not complete unless I eat cottage cheese and have a cup of coffee. Russian cottage cheese is very dryContinue reading Lot on my mind! and yes coffee also…

Christmas Eve and Christmas day was sweet potato pie days. Svetochka brought some sweet potatoes from Moscow and I turned them into a holiday treat. This has become a holiday favorite for us and she made sure that I had the main ingredient… Pumpkin pie would be just as good, but a pumpkin is tooContinue reading Sweet Potato Pie in the Tiny Russian Village…

Boza and Bear are kinda sad today! We always get that way when our sweet Pea leaves us. Boza ate good this morning and I am cooking chicken back soup and oven baking four pork chops. I use the chicken for Boza and the broth for me… I have to start taking some antibiotics todayContinue reading Svetochka is back safe in Moscow…