Category: Russia

No place like home… Tiny Russian Village WtR

Yesterday was a big day… I had thought long and hard about changing things around. I realized that things had to finally become ours & well, I built a kitchen in Nikolai’s home… I still have to get a hot water tank, a stove installed and a few final touches done, but it is done. […]

The impetus of all these so called western self-professed experts and western think tanks is of course to indoctrinate people to prejudge with disgust anything Russia and Russian to make sure Russia never ascends as an corrival to the West and the western way of life. To be in equality with the west is a […]

I can vouch for this… But upon biting into it, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was hot, flavorful, and more fresh-tasting than a typical Big Mac. At McDonald’s locations in the US, I enjoy the fries, but I usually find the burgers to be a bit tasteless. The Russian Big Mac seemed […]

I mowed completely Nikolai’s home and rebuilt the old screw on shutters into more or less permanent swinging shutters for the front two windows. I will build new shutters in the next few years, but the old revamped, will do for now. Nikolai would screw these on with a thousand screws and I am trying […]

Ukraine, not wanting to be left out of the loop in the latest trend of seizing tankers on the oceans of the world, has seized a Russian tanker, basically on hearsay… Earlier, the Russian agency Interfax, citing an unnamed source, said there were about 15 sailors onboard the ship, all believed to be Russian citizens. […]

I am drawing up plans to stabilize the barn. Typical issue with these type of buildings. They are no different than a pole barn and the actual walls are non supporting in anyway… It has been raining in the Tiny Russian Village, so I had to slow down yesterday. I read a book… Today if […]

War, children, it’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away War, children, it’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away… WtR I don’t listen to this song often, But when I do, So do my neighbors… Remember well…

Svetochka is now blessed with grand kid number two. So she hopped a train and has steamed back to Moscow to see the little tyke. A healthy baby girl was born and the mother had a slight bleeding issue, but is okay… She was about 8 pounds when converted from kilos… Svetochka has gone to […]

Monastery Coffee Thoughts and more… And GOD said, Let the be Fences! Well Russians are slow, but they finally start showing results, after two years. Remember that winters are long and hard and the ground is frozen, so digging holes is limited to a short time period… Svetochka and I are going to sit back […]