Windows to Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree starting on August 6, 2015 – the destruction of agricultural products prohibited from being imported into the country implemented in retaliation against illegal western sanctions! Oops, wait a minute Putin: Russians overwhelmingly support the prospect of dealing with illegal food substances at the Russian border, but with givingContinue reading Give it to the needy; feed the starving…

This is borscht done my way and I call it “Bear’s Borscht,” I know a certain young lady named Sveta in Moscow, who is going to see this and start wishing she was here right now. The ingredients are all from our garden and I will eat this borscht without meat, maybe tomorrow (?), IContinue reading Bear’s Borscht…

When I was young, before the war, before the marriages, before the grinding work load, before the kids, before my soul was hurt and torn twenty times by various effects of life; I listened to Classical Music and in that remembrance I have downloaded thousands and thousands of wondrous songs, of shear sense delights… ThenContinue reading I finally have reached a point of peace again…

http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=Saudi+Arabia#f16-2 Saudi Arabia has just reached 110 individuals being beheaded. That is the office 7 month number and that puts them on a record pace for chopping heads off. Just like the ISIS does, except we do not give media coverage, or at a very very low level, if we cover the Saudi head choppingContinue reading I think it is kinda important to think about…

On the last nail, the last stroke of the hammer, I smashed my finger really good. I let my mind wander to how wonderful it is to have the place; Boza proof and smash! I only said one bad word and then yelled a bunch of nice things as tears came to my eyes. IContinue reading Ouch and it was the finger I broke a few months ago…

Yesterday was strange, no one cut grass, no one hammered a nail, no one sawed wood and no one worked. Sveta said that Moscow was normal (If Moscow has a normal?), but here in the village, we goofed off. Therefore, our village did not burn to the ground and we are not in village hell.Continue reading The Village is still here and other Coffee Thoughts…

A reader sent me this link to some artwork he just did. It is in response to Vova and his waving at America as a friend… The reader (Jim_D) said, “Thought I would reply in kind; except I didn’t have a rock, so I used a wooden wheelbarrow I made instead. Most of the artworkContinue reading Vova has a friend in America…

I was told by Sveta that today is a day that I should not do any work. It is some important holiday in some form somewhere, that says if you work on this day, today 8-2-2015, that you will bring the wrath of God? and be hit by lightning and thunder. Then because you worked,Continue reading Today is a day not to work…

American Hegemony will not just quietly dissolve like the Soviet Union did. The more pessimistic and fearful the US becomes the more dangerous and unpredictable it will be, ready to do “stupid stuff” out of desperation to hold on while it can or poison the waters of the well (so to speak) if it can’tContinue reading American Hegemony will not just quietly dissolve like the Soviet Union did…

I became grouchy yesterday, for we have a large family in the village (actually two large families) and they, as all large groups, abuse everyone everywhere. They take all the water, they scream, they yell, they party all night and most of all they try to tell everyone what they can do and not do.Continue reading Saturday and all is good; plus a cup of coffee…