Windows to Russia

I found an old Soviet made wind up alarm clock. It was covered in dirt and in pieces as I found it. I gathered all the pieces and later after finishing cleaning the corner I found it in, I sipped a cup of coffee and worked on it. The front glass is broken, someone painted […]

Most people I know would not find the village that I am at, as being anywhere close to perfect. That is anyone I know from all over the world. I know people from India who would go insane at the shear thought of such isolation and I know people from Australia, who would scream foul […]

Finally Gardens are just about planted and trying to survive in this fairly harsh climate we have in Russia. This weekend a family of six whirled into the village, grabbed the buckets and emptied the well. They were in survival mode to save their garden. They had tomatoes planted from the week before and this […]

I use to think being blessed was something spiritual and powerful, then as the years went by, I realized that being blessed was a state of mind… That is what I am thinking this morning as I sip that cup of coffee… Every morning I wake up at around 6am and I find a big […]

My foot is almost healed, or at least enough to allow me to run around again. I have always healed fast and in the past have worked with a broken foot and did not know it. This time after stepping on a nail and being diabetic, I played it smart and kept the bandage clean […]

Russia has quietly been explaining for years now that Shale oil and fracking and all that other wonderful fairy land oil stuff is a fallacy that only little elves and hobbits believe in. Russia says that yes there is lots of energy to extract, but the cost of extraction, either by financial and or selfdestruction […]

Internet was down for most of the day and it has finally kicked back on and is working. I am sitting in front of a fan and trying to cool down, for it is hot here and it feels really good. I have been cleaning all morning and early afternoon and decided that is about […]

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Today with coffee I am thinking about how long I will make my stay in the Russian village? Most likely this is not the best question to ask myself today, for I decided that life was too much fun and I had to step on a nail. Therefore after a day of dealing with taking […]

I looked at some news today and the news came from America. It was how proud we are to point the finger at the Chinese and lay the blame on 5 Chinese Generals for espionage or something laughable like that. I went away shaking my head at the brazen stupidity of the U.S. government and […]