Windows to Russia

Trip to the Big Village, was timed perfect. I got back yesterday and it started to snow and has not stopped since. I am not sure I could make it through for now and will have to see if the Fish Village plows our roads for us, as they promise to do. I won’t layContinue reading Big Village was busy…

I finally have figured out this (our) wood stove stuff and it is a learned process. The books can give a general idea about what to do, but each stove is like an individual and a handmade stove is much more so than a factory built version… The image to the left is just beforeContinue reading Got the wood stove figured out…

Russian Village; Sunrise to Freedom… Boza and I take smaller walks 5 times a day. It is way too cold and dangerous for Boza to be out for the two to three hour walks we like to take. He is struggling with understanding, but when we step out he does his doggy business and thenContinue reading Village Photos… (01-02-2016)

01/02/2016 in Russian Village; Sunrise to Freedom… This morning as I checked the crippled thermometer, it read between -20 and -25 (-4 to -13 F. for you Americans,) and after walking the dog, fixing several village homes fences and listening to the bell tower ring; Boza and I made it home and I decided toContinue reading Going to big village tomorrow…

This morning in the dark, I went to get water. Our water is in a cistern and or as we call it a well. The water level right now is a good six feet below the surface and we have a long hook to get the water out in buckets. I pulled the lid offContinue reading Cistern Froze… 🙂

Boza and I got up at 5 a.m. and walked this morning. That was late for us, but there was a reason… Vova was busy as a beaver all day. He was cooking, decorating and getting ready for his huge party. Then the party never happened… 🙁 No one showed up except two people andContinue reading Got up late and Happy New Year 2016…

Happy New Year from Windows to Russia… Sveta, Kyle and Boza…

To be honest with you, I thought at times that 2015 would be the last year that you or I would see. We came close and it was not for the trying part by the west to start a war. I have been in the heart of battle and I have seen the slaughter ofContinue reading 2015 ending and 2016 Starting…

Сараевский американец Кайл Китон: «Россияне не хотят войны» – American from Sarai, Kyle Keeton: “The Russians do not want war” Posted on December 9, 2015 by Russian_Village http://ryazpressa.ru/news/articles/saraevskiy-amerikanets-kayl-kiton-rossiyane-ne-khotyat-voyny_03-12-2015/ In Sarai area there was an unusual lodger. An American Kyle Keeton masters the Ryazan hinterland. – “I grew up in the west of America, Missouri, where,Continue reading Gotta post a second time today…

Last night was cold, my special broken thermometer said around -17 and I am going to get a new one as soon as I go to town. I built a fire and stoked it up at about 9:00 p.m. last night and it still has some warmth this morning as I got up. The homeContinue reading Oh Wow, the New Year is Approaching…