Windows to Russia

It snowed a foot last night and drifted so deep in places that there simply was no way to get out from the village, much less get around the village. Therefore, I cleaned snow until I could not move and at the same time, cut a new path to Vova’s… I zigged and zagged untilContinue reading I tried could not make it…

I decided that I will walk to Sysoi and get supplies. Vova is out of cigarettes and such and I need to walk and think and maybe take pictures. The temperature has warmed up to -2 or so and I will leave Boza home. The snow is too deep for Boza and getting deeper asContinue reading Getting geared up to walk to the market…

The Fish Village is trying to plow the road. The snow is too deep and too heavy at this point. Though from the picture they have the small bulldozer up and running and that can make it without issues. The problem is the bulldozer does not push snow to one side, it just piles upContinue reading Snow is Winning…

I suspect that I weigh under 115 kilos by now. I can’t prove it yet, but I can see it and Vova has noticed it. I think for the first time in a whole bunch of years, I am below 250 lbs. My goal is 225 (actually 100 kilos) and then level out to stabilize.Continue reading Getting thinner…

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 hadContinue reading -12 and a long walk for Boza and I…

In America, what ever happens is the worst, the best, the happiest, the terriblest, the baddest and or the anything’est on this planet Earth. So it proved my point of what I say about the “Empire of Chaos.” We have a snow fall and we call it, “Snowmageddon and or Snowzilla!” The people in CanadaContinue reading Snowmageddon and or Snowzilla or better yet Chaoszilla…

“It ain’t over till the fat lady sings!” This is not just political claptrap when I say this: We are at war, this will escalate in the Middle East into a larger regional war. We may have a pause for a year, or maybe two years, then war in Korea, Sea of Japan, then Europe,Continue reading It is over and the Fat Lady is singing…

The Empire of Chaos is my new name for what I have been calling The Western Empire; The Western Empire name is actually taken as it is also known as the Western Roman Empire, or the western part of the Roman Empire. The name is also too mild for the Empire of death and evilContinue reading Empire of Chaos and other coffee thoughts…

I am just going to let the images talk for themselves. The trees are covered in a super frost… This morning after a clear as a bell sky! The moon was big and bright and it got cold, damn cold… Boza and I walked and I could not keep my eyes from freezing shut. MyContinue reading Super Frost…

All but one taken this morning as Boza and I attempted to walk… Stunningly beautiful, if not brutal at the same time… WtR