Windows to Russia

Boza came to life at around 4:30 a.m. and started to bark. I grabbed my coat, boot and therm pants. We ran outside to see what was invading our space… We found tracks near the outhouse and followed them. Small tracks of something hopping. Boza was hot on its trail and the snow was flying […]

Life is fragile and let it down and it will get you. In the Russian Village as in any village far away from society, life will catch you unaware and surprise you. This is on my mind because Vova has not appeared for a day and his lights were off all night long. I must […]

I will explain again for several people have written and say they are confused… 🙁 The village is called by the locals in this modern era; Kommuna… The actual name is “поселок Заря Свободы” and or “Dawn of Liberty Village” … I call it, “Sunrise to Freedom,” for that is my first translation of the […]

This old Soviet alarm clock that I have to remember to wind once a day and every few days adjust the time by a few minutes, is a reminder to me. A reminder that we just keep going and if we do not wind ourselves up everyday, we stop running and that is that… The […]

It snows nonstop and yesterday I realized how ignorant I was not to get some snowshoes / Snow skis. Expensive yes, but still an investment worth the time. Maybe I can make a set? I will study the internet and see what I need to do. I have piles of snow starting to reach waist […]

I am lucky that Sveta is here at this time frame. I can spend a day and recover more. I passed a kidney stone and that my friend is one of the most horrific experiences that I ever have to go through and I have been through a lot of crap in my time… So […]

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will lead a religious service and a water blessing ceremony in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow on the eve of Epiphany on Monday. Brave Russians wash their sins away by taking a plunge in icy waters celebrating Epiphany! Washing their sins away, some jumped and […]

I expected nothing, but I received so much! I had a very good birthday and it seems that everyone around this area remembered, that I had a birthday. Vova got me a very nice coffee cup of insulated metal, Father Pavel from the Monastery gave me a bottle of cognac and an assortment of New […]

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No one in the west seems to have believed me and no one who believes, wants to admit it, but Russia while being hurt by sanctions, it is steadfast and not hungry. We (and that means this American,) is eating Russian made products and that is millions and millions of Russian made products and they […]