Windows to Russia

The issue with getting old is that we do not want to admit that we are getting old…

My body is telling me that I am getting older everyday, but still we must push ourselves once in awhile. For you never do anything but rot, if you stagnate and hide from life and her attempts at silencing you…

Yesterday, I was checking out at the groceries and the young lady cashiering, asked without looking up, “Are you a pensioner?”

I was packing the bag with bought items and she looked at me…

Then without even having to answer her, she said “Oh… Yes!”

Then pushed the discount button for pensioners…

Don’t get me wrong, it is nice to get around 10% discount, but as I am walking the long road home. I was thinking about how, I know longer even need to answer such questions. One look and the answer is apparent. That is the part that makes you think…

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I walked in a snowstorm of magnificent proportions yesterday.

The wind was reaching 40 kph and visibility was at best 5 to 10 feet. I knew my way and knew my foot was secure, but it was slow and rough. I also can do lots of thinking, as I walk. When you are surrounded by a blanket of deep snow, thinking is easy and comforting…

I thought about all the triumphs that I accomplished when young and how I thought that these goals and barriers overcome where important. I walked and thought, as the snow piled up and it looked as if I might be in trouble. For I found myself pushing through drifts of two to three feet deep and once again, they were endless in number…

So, as I always do, I took one step at a time. That is life, but still I was askance feeling about being readily accepted as a pensioner, and yes I am a pensioner in Russia. Still a full year or so to go in America, but in Russia yes…

I made it to our dam of the lake and stood trying to see the Tiny Russia Village. Impossible was the term used for such a act in such a storm. I needed that sight of the Tiny Russian Village to up the spirits and make the last third of the trip easier. So, I just stood there and allowed the wind and snow to blow around me and took a drink of water. I adjusted the backpack and grabbed the two huge water bottles I had bought (Sveta is coming, no water at village and I want her to have good water!) and was ready to fight my way to home…

Then as I stood there and could see nothing but a wall of white, the wind stopped. I mean it simply stopped blowing…

I sat the water bottles down and looked around in amazement. Then it got lighter and lighter. Then as if God wanted me to see the Tiny Russian Village, the clouds broke, just like that. Broke open and the sun came out. This all happened within a few minutes of time, as I stood on the dam of the lake…

I was wet, my gloves were soaked, my coat was soaked, my pants were soaked and water ran off my nose in a rivulet.Then I felt it…

The sun and her warmth, the dark clothing I had on absorbed the sun rays instantly and within a few minutes, I warmed up. I stood there facing the sun and never in my life was there a more wonderful moment than that. The bank of dark clouds moved away and I looked around in the beauty of the sunlight…

The snow was boot deep, about two feet at this spot and powdery fine. It was about -2 degrees and the world had become crystal clear and pure clean white. I decided to stand there a few more minutes and take in all around me. The world was silent and beautiful. I looked at the Tiny Russian Village and smiled…. For that is a place dear to my heart…

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Then I realized the real meaning of life…

I finally found the answer to the question I always ask myself. Life is not money, not youth, not elder, not gold, not war, not hate, not love, not sports, not cell phones, not vacations and not a million other things, things that we gather and scrounge all our lives for. Life is not readily found and definitely not there for the taking and life is not a puzzle that must be put together…

Life is simply nature and once we embrace that aspect of life, we see that nature supplies what is needed…

Sometimes we have to overcome what nature throws at us. Sometimes nature sends us to our graves early, but life is purely all in our heads and what we do with what we are given so freely by nature. God may have molded some aspects of our life on this planet, but life is solely up to Mother Nature. We are animals, animals with additions to our genetics that allow us to be preceptive about things beyond most animals, but we are animals and we should never forget that…

I realized that there is a power stronger and or equal to God on our planet. The same with all planets like ours. God is limited to what is here available and he does miracles with what is here. But everything is up to the Earth and until we learn to accept that and embrace that. We will never find God and or never find life…. God is Nature and Nature is God…. Neither is fulfilled without the other…

Life is Earth and God only accepted what Earth had and tilled the soil correctly to get what we have on this planet. As in a snowflake and or a fingerprint, no two planets are alike and thus, no two planets can have the same type of entities on it…

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I realized how finely balanced our world is…

I walked home and thought about how just the tilt of the planet as it revolves around the sun we call Sol, effects our earth. I realized that the balance of our orbit is so precise that if we were just a fraction closer to the sun, or a fraction farther from the sun, we would not be here. Say what you want, but when the earth tilt changes and winter sets in, imagine if we moved a million miles farther way from the sun, imagine how much colder our earth would be…. I just walked within nature and have personally witnessed the fury and the calm. All within a few minutes, all nature and all beautiful…

We live in a very narrow band of existence. Our lives are within that band of livability. When you look at that balance, you realize that you are seeing perfect at work. Perfection beyond our comprehension…

Take it how you want to take it. Be superior and feel like the king of the world. Think that all others on this planet are below you, but the fact is, we are selfish, the most selfish creatures on Earth…

Life is Earth and God; For without one there would not be the other…

WtR

I have said before on this blog about reading books. I have said to read and read and read. Several years ago I discovered reading again and have found it the most perfect way to see the world through many eyes. I have also discovered as to how much long term propaganda has been around. It is amazing and for someone like me who is able to see the trees for the forest, I can enjoy all media and not allow myself to fall into the reality or lack of reality trap…

Gutenberg books is a place that allows for free to download old out of copyright books. Many of these are classics and many are written late 1800’s to the early 1900’s…

http://www.gutenberg.org/

This site is truly a godsend for seeing the way the eyes, mind and souls looked at the future. I am a science fiction fan and have literally been amazed at how much truth and how much they did not and or could not fathom, in changes our world would see. It really is fantastic and the ideas presented in these books about our future are for the most part, lacking, technology advances, accurate in all aspects…

But an area that has not changed and looks like it will not change, is the villain and from whence he came…

99% of the time that villain’s Slavic (chiefly Russians, Ukrainians, and Belorussians) and they are the most evil, dastardly and well funded demons the earth can imagine, Especially within that time frame….. And even within our modern time frame, these Slavs are beyond imagination and abilities. But then as now, Americans, with an occasional friendly help from Great Britain overcome any and all obstacles. Be it a magnetic ray that sends the earth plummeting into the sun and or a spaceship so advanced that we have nothing like it. But! We soon have, because we are America…. And because we are Gods chosen people, we overcome the evil that lurks within all hearts of every Slav alive…

One area of great concern was the Bolshevik era in Russia. This was an exceedingly predominant area of concern for writers. The poor Slavs under the thumb of the most sickening and evil Bolsheviks, was a serious concern and America has to save these peasants from certain death and degradation…

Occasionally a German popped up and he was as nasty as they come, but almost always even the German was funded by a Russian…. Damn them Russians…. An important thing that came across was that the evil Russian, was never killed. It was believed he was dead, but he always came back in the next book. This evil Russian driven by his hate for democracy, capitalism and just everything in general about the perfect country called America. Was never satisfied to kill millions and millions of people in America, he wanted to genocide Americans and rule the world. The only thing that stood in his way, was America and once America was gone, he could rule the world with ease…

The really interesting thing about the books; The plot was about a country called Russia and we Americans were the moral side of the world. The story writers would be aghast at what has happened to the world. These people wrote about a country that always stood for good and helped all who needed it, even when the others could not agree to help to even save the world. America would time and time save the world, even when the world was at odds with each other…

During that hundred years since these books were written, things have reversed and now America has become the exact thing that we wrote so vehemently about…. Russia…

Thousands and thousands and thousands of books with this theme as an underline to its plot…

This extended heavily with in such famous publications as Astounding Science Fiction books to a typical full length novel and at that time just 10 to 20 cents bought tons of reading for the pleasure of being propagandized constantly. This is even prevalent with in the teenage series of books such as Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, from the start of the 1930’s…

Every book literally sends a message. The evil was Russia and the American people stood together and shook their fists at the evil, even when millions were dying and I just read one book; An America child raised his fist in his last death gasp, he looked at the deadly Russian flying machine and defiantly shook his fist at the machine. Then in the ways of evil Russians and only by God does an evil Russian know why! The Russian pilot staffed the young American child defying him to his last breath, with rounds of some wicked weapon of destruction. The child would be shredded and still have his fist raised in defiance…

Tough kid…

This is a common theme amongst the books…. as people stood their ground and died with dignity…

Hard to imagine the America now being that defiant against anything but having their iPhone taken away…

The message I am telling is this…

We have been invaded by our own selves for the life of our young country. I can read for myself the propaganda in all its glory from the yesterdays of our writers. These men and woman wrote what was expected and asked of them. Most of these works are series of books, all cheap and all propaganda. Even some of these writings have carried on into the modern times, such as Hardy Boys, for example… Nothing has changed, except…

We have moved basically from a media that you have to have abilities to read, to a media that allows eye candy to infiltrate the soul…. A media that takes no imagination and no abilities needed to watch and enjoy and indoctrinate…. God Bless Hollywood… 🙁

In over a hundred years of media…

It is all at your fingertips. Media in book, magazine and now movie form and there for you to read, absorb and watch. One hundred years plus of constant, “Russia did it!”

Does that sound familiar? We live a life of nothing but, Russia Did It!” and sometimes North Korea, China, Germany and of course we had a few years of Middle east demons wanting to take our country away…

Being on the outside…

I am glad I am on the outside of America. Looking in at America is scary and sad at the same time. But I am glad that I escaped from such a mess. Yesterday was Defenders of the Fathers Day. It was a holiday for military guys. Since I am military, I was invited to Vova’s and he had a party going. It is a big holiday in Russia and they are all off today also…

I had an interesting question asked of me…

Why do Americans hate Russians so much?

This morning I realized why we hate Russians!

Our (Western) media is awash with a constant stream of, “Hate Russia, Hate Russia!”

Sorry, you have been mislead about Russia… And yes propaganda is just not an American issue. But America is #1 in propaganda…

WtR

Well it is simply a bad morning and rough day coming…

I woke with a rare fever here in TRV. It (thermometer) says 38.5 (101.3) and I feel like crap!

Blood sugar is all messed up, blood pressure is high and I feel rough. All is good, but I still have to walk Boza the doggy and at 3 a.m. we got down the hill, but coming back was rough. It is -3 out and it looks like my arthritis has gone over board, I also feel a tinge of kidney issues, vinegar water time…

Guess I won’t be griping about anything today…

Do not even feel good enough to grumble and be grumpy at the world…

Now that is not a good thing…

It will be warm for a few days and then it looks like March will be below freezing most of the month. Guess I have to wish harder for warmer weather, but today, I just wish to walk the dog once in awhile…

Poor Doggy!

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Melting snow for water!

A few days ago the pump at the well went out again, just like it did last summer. The wells are dry and we in the Tiny Russian Village are melting snow down in buckets to have water to bath, clean and drink. This is fine as long as the snow is plentiful. Right now it is not an issue…

The local government at the middle size village, who is responsible for our village, is doing what it does best, ignoring the issue…. The village is called Sysoy, I have walked there at times to get food. The administration is marginal at best. Vova ended up jimmy rigging the well last summer and as we all know jimmy rigging is only a short term solution. The Sysoy admin never got us a new part, did not care and it is looking the same way this time also…

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I am feeling better (after grumbling about something) and will get something to eat. It looks like a good day to simply relax…

Have a nice day…

WtR

LONDON, February 22. /TASS/. Non-governmental organization Amnesty International once again criticized the human rights situation in Russia. The published annual report with an analysis of the human rights situation in 159 countries, Amnesty International talked about the amendments to the anti-extremism legislation of the Russian Federation, which according to the organization contradicts the international law. The organization also mentioned restrictions on rights to freedom of expression, non-profit organizations, penalties against human rights activists, violations in the North Caucasus.

More: http://tass.com/world/932272

Want a Fact Jack?

As an American living deep in the heart of Russia and living day to day with Russians; Russians have a many times more Human Rights than you do in the west!

I can’t make it up, I live it and talk it and walk it everyday. The Russians are freer, they have more liberty and they have a whole bunch less governmental interference than you do in the western world…

It would take a hundred pages of paper to write down how good the Russians have it in comparison. I know, I live it…

The only repression, regression and suppression I see. Is the Western Empire trying to belittle, destroy, politicize and propagandize the truth about Russia…

Amnesty International :

Amnesty International’s Funding

Finding financial information on Amnesty International’s website is made purposefully difficult – specifically to protect the myth that the organization is “independent.” Like any organized criminal operation, Amnesty separates compromising financial ties through a series of legal maneuvers and shell organizations. Upon Amnesty’s website it states:

“The work carried out through Amnesty International’s International Secretariat is organised into two legal entities, in compliance with United Kingdom law.  These are Amnesty International Limited (“AIL”) and Amnesty International Charity Limited (“AICL”). Amnesty International Limited undertakes charitable activities on behalf of Amnesty International Charity Limited, a registered charity.”

And it is there, at Amnesty International Limited, where ties to both governments and corporate-financier interests are kept. On page 11 of Amnesty International Limited’s 2011 Report and Financial Statement (.pdf) it states (emphasis added):

“The Directors are pleased to acknowledge the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Oak Foundation, Open Society Georgia Foundation, the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Programme, Mauro Tunes and American Jewish World Service. The UK Department for International Development (Governance and Transparency Fund) continued to fund a four year human rights education project in Africa. The European Commission (EuropeAid) generously awarded a multi-year grant towards Amnesty International’s human rights education work in Europe.”

Clearly then, Amnesty does take money from both governments and corporate-financier interests.

That is how free you are and or are not free you are!

Yet you lick up the propaganda like a puppy with a bowl of milk. And believe that everything in Russia is a Human Rights issue, all the while “you” have serious human rights staring you in the face…

I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn’t just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me. – Tom Sizemore

Look in that mirror and see what is up! You do not have to like what you see, as long as you see the truth…

WtR

Okay!

I walked and walked and walked! This morning, my feet hurt, but I had a blast and as always, the locals spread the word that I was there. They even called Vova and of course Vova needed something from the store also. So he called and needed cigarettes…. I cannot sneak around and do anything in this small town area. Everyone watches what everyone else is doing…. Did I say small town?

I will let the images talk for themselves…

WtR

When a Russian thinks of “Spring” right around the corner…

This is what a Russian thinks of and culture is based upon…

Winters are very hard and you will see that even a bear has hitched a ride to express the desire for a wonderful year and bountiful crops…

Have a nice day…

WtR

Russia is and has been pulling the gloves off. No more padded punches; bare “Bear Knuckle” from now on…

Lavrov said that the time when the West called the shots was over and, dismissing NATO as a relic of the Cold War, added: “I hope that (the world) will choose a democratic world order — a post-West one — in which each country is defined by its sovereignty.”

Lavrov said Moscow wanted to build relations with Washington which would be “pragmatic with mutual respect and acknowledgement of our responsibility for global stability.”

I had hoped for Trump to be what I see in Russia. The Russian leaders Putin and Lavrov are 100% for Russia and the Russian people. Don’t give me the crap about how Russia is run by a dictator!

Russians want a man who is the “BOSS!”

Lavrov says what is needed to be said and Putin Talks the Talk and Walks the Walk…

Trump get on the bandwagon and clean that nasty, dirty, corrupt swamp, called Washington DC…

It is time Trump to “Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk…”

The days of “Pussification” of our men, have to end. I know that if I acted like a normal American male, Svetochka would run away. She expects a man to be a man and a woman is a woman. Women have all the rights in the world, but one right that cannot be allowed is to castigate men for being men and what I see in the Western Empire is total castigation of men…

Real men accept their woman as an equal and support their woman as an equal and the same is vice versa…

But you do not have to be weak about the whole thing and bow down to society pressures. Pressure instigated by weak, whinny, crying, screaming, violent people who never was taught their countries culture, ways and methods…

Again I will say, “Fix what is wrong at home first, then reach out in confidence and embrace the world with the moral high ground.”

WtR

Our Tiny Russian Village home…

http://www.citipedia.info/city/general/Russia__Rjazan_Zarya+Svobody_id_821579

Link above is a page that gives basic information and the whereabouts of the Tiny Russian Village I live in…

The Russian Orthodox Monastery in Sunrise to Freedom…

Sunrise to freedom the village in Russia…

Our Monastery at the Village called Sunrise to Freedom…

Sunrise To Freedom: The beautiful Russian Village…

The Russian Village: Sunrise to Freedom was perfect and very beautiful…

Our Russian Village – Called Sunrise to Freedom…

Boza and I walk the Tiny Russian Village world…

-20 below Celsius and dropping in the Tiny Russian Village…

Just a photo day…. Tiny Russian Village

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Old images of the Tiny Russian Village. I get images sent to me and I decided to post them today. They are not large and as per era of taking them, mostly by an old cell phone, they are still good but small. The village has changed a lot and I live in the shell of what was. The Tiny Russian Village was thriving at one time and now there are just three of us living here…

Монастырский комплекс: Бабыкино, Сараевский район, Рязанская область – Baykin Monastery, Sarayevsky District – right image in pink color…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarayevsky_District

Just thought that for the record, I would post some information about the place I live. Its location, old images and whatever…

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Coffee is great this morning. I just finished my second cup and Boza and I walked twice already. I went to the Big Village yesterday and it was fun. The people on the bus all know me now and they are tickled that this American lives as they do. In Russia the bus is the mainstay of the Tiny Russian Villages to allow people to get to resources. There are a bunch of villages like the one I live in and they all are literally located on goat trails…

Then I realized why Russians are thin for the most part. They walk and walk and walk…

Now in a city like Moscow and such, you see much heavier people, but in the Tiny Russian Villages; the people are lean and tough. Now occasionally you see what you might think is a heavy babushka. They are not very often, but they are layered with clothes, twelve layers deep…. I have noticed that there are a handful of guys in the Big Village who have huge bellies. This is prone to being beer drinkers and not vodka drinkers…

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I myself have thinned down even more. I am still too heavy, but I have reached around 100 kilos and while that is good, it is still too heavy. That is about 220 pounds…. I figure that this summer I will get to about 200 pounds, I hope. Then I will stop at that…

Yesterday I carried at least 30 kilos on me and never had an issue, except my feet do hurt today…. 30 kilos is deceiving to an America. We think in pounds. Thus, while 30 is not that formidable sounding, it becomes interesting when you convert it from kilos to pounds. That 30 becomes 66 + pounds. Oops it got heavy fast as I bought things to bring home. I am lucky; I was carrying what I have lost in weight and if I weighed what I did two years ago. I could have never carried what I did. Makes me feel good…

It is a different quality of life to be able to walk kilometers and kilometers and go places…. Rain, snow, sleet or shine. Last winter I was still in too rough shape to be able to walk out of the Tiny Russian Village. I did one time and thought it would kill me. This year, I have been regularly walking out and the weather has been much worse than last year…

This week I will walk to a medium size village called Mozhary…

Villages to walk too are;Mozhary, Borets, Sysoi (Medium Villages) and ride a bus to Sarai (Big Village)…..

This summer! I will walk to the bus and go to the Big Village for food. Saves gas, saves wear and tear on the car and will help keep me in shape…

As Svetochka would say, “That is just right!”

WtR

2.204 pounds in one kilo…

http://www.russiancommunitycenterseattle.org/

They held it way early, but at least they are sharp enough to have this very important cultural event…

WtR