Windows to Russia

More evidence, about which I hope to write at length, is piling up that Europe has acquiesced to Washington’s drive to war with Russia, a war that is likely to be the final war for humanity.  By Russia’s low key and unthreatening response to Washington’s aggression, thereby giving the West the mistaken signal that Russia […]

Sveta was mean to me and sent me a picture of her Globus meal… 🙂 This morning after the walk with the dog and doing some thinking about life in general. I am sitting here at the computer with a great cup of coffee and writing down my thoughts. The first thought went to an […]

UnionPay a Chinese Credit Card… Things are changing and I know that most western people are being left behind. The very least people can do is to keep abreast of the financial changes all over the world. Why? Okay I guess that is a fair question, because the world financial power shift has reached a […]

Carp pond… (above) You can not sanction this gigantic Fish farm we live near; The equipment is all home made, or Russian made and or Soviet made. The fish hauling trucks are all old Soviet made. Why even the owners drive nothing but brand new Uaz and Gaz trucks and vans. But then while they […]

I do not think like many Americans, for if I did, I would not be in Russia, I would not travel the world and I would not enjoy life in freedom…

And once upon a time, in a land called America, the people would come in from their mountain cabins, farms, and mill towns with their young ones to joy in the closeness of community on warm sultry summer nights. The American dream was never about grand mansions, designer wear, exotic vacations, health clubs, silicone implants, […]

Yesterday was a church holiday and it had something to do with bee honey. The Orthodox put much stock in honey and consider it a very important food source for health. The monastery here has dozens of hives and they sell their honey for income generation. I have to say, nothing better than monastery honey, […]

I have written many times about how Russia lobs a shell over the bow and gives a warning. We call it a warning shot across the bow. Russia’s latest shot was the food ban of countries that sanction her for no reason… This sixteen billion dollar warning shot is not against the USA, it is […]

Sooner or later parts wear out, no matter how hard you try to keep it from happening. I had an original part that was stuck and I was not sure that I could get it removed from our Volga we call Sammy. Sammy was sick and I had been trying to solve her issues with […]

In the Russian Village it is only one way when it comes to men and women. The men are up very early and the women sleep as long as they possibly can. Sveta and I are the same way and when our women leave us alone, then we get up even earlier. Today as I […]