Windows to Russia

Wednesday, Jan 27 – 2016: Spirituality Day / St Sava’s Day… Father Pavel was found by us as he struggled up the hill to his church. He said hello as he stopped to get his breath and he asked how I was doing. I told him fine and happy, he said something like, he had […]

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 […]

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 […]

Boza and I walked for an hour and a half this morning. It was Christmas in Russia and the snow was falling. A very magical snow and Boza and I walked to the river. We crossed the river and walked all over the surface, being very careful to watch for ice near the current and […]

It is Christmas Eve for the Orthodox Church and Boza and I were walking in the fields, Father Pavel came by on the road and stomped through a foot of snow to greet us, just to say, “Hi” and he wanted to make sure that I was doing okay! I told him I feel wonderful […]

Sveta is back in Moscow and Boza and I are in the Tiny Russian Village. The winter chill has set in hard today and we are going to see many -20 degree days coming up soon. That cup of coffee is sure talking sweet this morning and I am on a second cup as I […]

  Boza and I walked and walked and walked. The weather was good and the temperature was even better. I used the tiny cellphone camera and just snapped images. What you see is what we saw as we walked and we also as you see found a road deep in the woods. The woods got […]

Up at six a.m. and walked until 7 a.m. Then went back to bed, Boza agreed and we both slept until 9:30 a.m. and Boza is still sleeping, off and on. I am going to write a post and Boza just sneaked upon the bed and is hiding in the blankets, hoping I do not […]

Or what to do with a ton of fish… Well one little guy is happy to have fish, Boza, he just loves fish heads and I will allow him to eat two of them when I get fish. He simply is the first in line and just loves the lake manager who drops fish off […]

I found a broken down home that squatters are living in. I saw them peaking out from the old overgrown road, from their home they have moved into. They have been getting water at night from the well and today I decided to follow the trail they have left to their home, a home buried […]