Russian Federation Marine Doctrine Vladimir Putin held a meeting to discuss the new draft of Russia’s Marine Doctrine. The meeting took place on board the frigate Admiral of the Soviet Navy Gorshkov. Participants included Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Commander of the Navy Viktor Chirkov, and Commander of the Western Military District Anatoly Sidorov. * * * President of Russia Vladimir Putin: […]

Victoria, Alexander, Ruslan, Yana and Anastasia stopped by our village home yesterday and asked about the monastery. It was a fantastic opportunity for me to chit chat with Russian youth of the university levels. Victoria is a Moscow State student in Moscow and the other four are local kids from the Big Village. They are […]

Sveta sent me some pictures of her Sunday in Moscow. She took her new bike and decided to cruise around and see the sights… She found a bunch of raspberries and no one cares… She found a lake with sun worshipers… The bike trail is busy and last but not least dinner at our Globus. […]

I walked out the door this morning, later than usual, I cut grass yesterday and it was hot. The effect is to make me shut down a little longer than normal at night. So at 5:30 a.m. I finally got out the door with a cup of coffee. Boza followed me and we immediately realized […]

My neighbors; Nikolia and Larissa, are what I call kinda shy and worried about people around them. They are wonderful people, but they hide when most people approach and really hide when I approach. Thus, it has taken me all last summer and part of this one to gain their trust. I talked with the […]

The other day the power company came out and finished the job of installing power poles. Three to be exact; now I should explain that the infrastructure of the village is non to barely existent and we rely upon ourselves and others nearby for help on important issues. Power goes out, we fix it ourselves… […]

Pilot Program will Begin in US Pacific Command  by John Stanton In an exclusive interview with General Joseph Dunford, likely to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 1 October 2015, he discussed the Pentagon’s newest and boldest program: The Aquatic Terrain System (ATS). “Look. With a successful ATS we could joint-operate with […]

The white hawk moved out against his will as the momma eagle struck from above and now we have a new or as I found out later, two new occupants. I assume that they are building a nest somewhere nearby and we will have baby hawks around the place. I have no idea what kind […]

Today is get back on track day… Dropped Sveta off late last night to the train station and by the time I got home to the village, I was so tired, I forgot to take my pills. This morning as I struggled to get up and things were messed up, in and out of body. […]

This is Ma and Pa Raven. They have a bunch of kids 8 to 10 to be exact. The kids are almost grown and Ma and Pa stay away from the kids. The kids have become what I call the Raven Brigade… This morning while Boza and I walked we were feeling kinda down in […]