Sveta had to go stand with the girls as they all had on their best smiles today. We always look for the sunflower fields and this year it looked like we would not find them, but luck held and we found sunflowers as far as the eye can see. Russians love salted or unsalted sunflower […]
Cold! That is the word for the weather right now! Long underwear and long sleeve warm pullovers are the necessity today. The weather is just perfect after two days of rain, the cold front settled in and the sky is clear and crisp. The sun is almost cool as it hits your face, but you […]
The last time we were in the village they had such flooding that the bridges all disappeared from sight, washed away by the current. They have finally rebuilt the bridges and now people can get across the river to get to the big villages to buy groceries… Sveta told me that they use to take […]
Well the story of my life always happens and Sveta says that it is a good thing, because it has not rained for two months in the village and by us coming down here it has rained for two days and looks like it will rain two more days… So we are listening to the […]
We finally figured out how to get high speed internet in the village! It was really simple when I discovered how to turn my Android Phone into a WiFi Hotspot… So now for 300 rubles a month in the Village we are able to have full internet and speed on top of it. Why we […]
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Russia has been relentless in pursuing this case. Russia even fought it out in the American court system. It has not been easy and this disgusting woman has finally gotten her dues… The former foster mother of Russian Artem Saveliev, American Torry Hansen, has failed to convince the court to cancel a child support order […]
With the way that Sveta turns the subject and does not even like to talk about the collapse of the Soviet Union! It must have been a bad time in the Soviet Union. I know that is why I try to warn Americans, as America follows the same path… I know of a place downtown […]
I read a government article yesterday that haunted me through the night! An American soldier dies every day and a half, on average, in Iraq or Afghanistan. Veterans kill themselves at a rate of one every 80 minutes. More than 6,500 veteran suicides are logged every year — more than the total number of soldiers […]
The US Navy has unexpectedly dispatched a fourth aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, along with a fleet of underwater drones in what is being considered just the latest move in a series of escalations leading towards a potential war with Iran… That reminds me of the job numbers every Friday “unexpectedly” went the wrong […]
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