I am not always sure what makes Sveta and I do certain things, but I feel that a change in the atmosphere is what drove us to install a better door on our flat. That atmospheric change which was along the lines of “flat number 5,” (we are number two by the way) showing signs […]
(Western) Easter Sunday is April 20, 2014 (Orthodox) Easter Sunday is April 20 , 2014 Ash Wednesday is March 5, 2014 Palm Sunday is April 13, 2014 Good Friday is April 18, 2014 This year in a rare occurrence, the Easters are on the same day all over the world… I found that interesting, because […]
Vladimir Zhirinovsky man who guides the Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR,) wants all McDonald’s fast food restaurants in Moscow and anywhere in Russia closed. Tossed out and removed. Then Pepsi Cola is next in line… “McDonald’s has closed its restaurants in the Crimea – this is very good. Now it needs to close […]
The picture above talks to me! It is impressive and it immortalizes time suspended. It brings my younger years back into focus and that sometimes is important. That photo above says power, power and more power. The power to reach the stars… I know that Americas Saturn V is the most powerful and the most […]
Even I am getting tired of the snow and we have had very little snow compared to the past eight years I have been here. But I think that the up and down of snow layers, has been worse than three feet of solid ice that is normal. We actually had a touch of early […]
Over the years I have made it clear that my stance on what Russia does with the west should be taken with a grain of salt and ignored fully, with only the basics to be dealt with… Hence with that thought above as my base, I have talked about how the end results of dealing […]
Why is it that we have to try to bully and scare countries like North Korea? Why is it? Why do we have to have war games of a huge magnitude on the border of South Korea and North Korea? Why is it? Why do we have to float our warships right up to the […]
Lately the true nature of America has come forth with flying screams and colors. Russia just responds and does what it has to do and then as a patient parent with a brat kid, Russia waits until the tantrum is over and the child starts to see reason. The reason that should have been obvious […]
Russian love potato knish and they can be big knish or many little knishes! It just counts on what you desire. The big ones make a great sliced, like a loaf, meal and the little ones as I will show you to make, are pop in the mouth delicious… Potatoes are plentiful in Russia and […]