Windows to Russia

Sometimes Sveta does things that makes no sense to me and yet they do make sense. Does that make sense? Yesterday, Svetochka brought home four packs of Gingerbread Cookies….now understand that gingerbread cookies are the base for the pie crust of the pumpkin pies I make. But….a pack of gingerbread cookies will make three pies… […]

Just some images of our life in Russia… Svetochka has her camera back and is taking images constantly. She is now back to sneaking around and catching Boza and I and Moscow at doing their thing. She is a happy girl when her camera works and I would say that the best Christmas gift was […]

I have just finished my twelfth Christmas in Russia… I had Twelve Halloweens… Twelve Thanksgivings… Soon… Twelve New Years… Twelve Birthdays right after that… Twelve Easters and so on and so on… No not twelve days in Russia, not twelve weeks in Russia, not twelve months in Russia…  Going on twelve years in Russia….not […]

Fluorescent Bulbs Hit a Wall of Grouchy People in Russia… With the exception of western based companies like Globus and such, the florescent light bulb that is so horrendous, both for finances and health is dying in Russia. Even Moscow has accepted incandescent bulbs as a necessity. I am very happy to see that happen…. […]

“One belt – one Road” is a terrible turbulent nightmare for Washington DC in the US. The ongoing successful enactment of the “One Belt – One Road” will not only lead to strengthening the unitary accomplishment of Eurasia, but also will batten down a secure access route for the European, Russian and Chinese markets. Simply […]

One has to wonder why is there such a foaming at the mouth, flippen middle finger pointing focused on and at Russia, 24/7/365, almost as if there are some really unmalleable questions that need to be raised and then riposted by those that are wretchedly deflecting the reality… There are things happening, have happened and have […]

When I came to Russia I could not find cream cheese… This was granted many years ago, but still no cream cheese for many years thereafter….if I did find it, it was extremely expensive and imported. Not very popular when it costs more than an arm and a leg and or your first born, just […]

Source: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RT, Moscow, December 25, 2017 Question: Let us begin with global matters. The first question will be about the multipolar world Russia has been talking about for more than ten years. Even as this multipolar world order is taking shape, there are no international rules to regulate this […]

I tried to install a video card and normally that is not an issue, but with our motherboard on our desktop, it was an issue. I am not sure if it was me or the riser I installed, but something surged the motherboard and burned it out… Luckily we have a good laptop and that […]

So color me racists: We here in Moscow, Russia had a “White Christmas” and lots of “white” snowmen were created and lots of “white” kids ran around on skies and threw “white snow” at other “white” kids…and even the “white” moms and dads helped build snow forts. And guess what? Those snow forts where “white”… […]