January 1st till January 8th and all of Russia literally comes to a halt. I kind of like it and have grown use to it. When I first came to Russia many years ago, I was taken back by the fact that the whole country shut down and people partied until they ran out of […]

Here comes Santa Claus Ded Moroz… Is There A Santa Claus in Russia? (Audio) Have a happy New Year from Svetochka, Boza and Kyle at Windows to Russia… WtR

U.S. Military To Allow Transgender Recruits After Trump Administration Drops Appeal An LGBT activist says the Trump administration has waved “the white flag,” dropping an appeal of court rulings blocking a ban on transgender troops. Source: U.S. Military To Allow Transgender Recruits After Trump Administration Drops Appeal Maxwell Q. Klinger played by Jamie Farr was […]

Again we are interfering in Iran and we wonder why they hate us… https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-30/us-state-department-hints-iran-overthrow-are-we-witnessing-early-stages-regime The US State Department has issued a formal condemnation of the Iranian government following two days of economic protests centering in a handful of cities, calling the regime “a rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos” while announcing […]

First tanker of Russian gas arrives in UK to keep Britons from freezing this winter — RT Business News Russian tanker Christophe de Margerie has brought the first batch of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yamal to the United Kingdom. London had to urgently turn to Russian gas targeted by US sanctions due to supply […]

A Summary of the $5.6 Trillion in Costs for the US Wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Post 9/11 Veterans Care and Homeland Security… PDF link: Costs of U.S. Post-9_11 NC Crawford FINAL Seriously people, why we pay for healthcare in America, when we spend money like water flowing out of an open […]

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…. […]