International Women’s Day was yesterday. Most American’s don’t know this holiday as our government has chosen to ignore it for some unknown reason. Our equivilent is Mother’s Day I guess. My wife went to a party with a bunch of local Russian women to celebrate. Anyway, congratulations go out to all the women in the [...]
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Happy New Year – 2009
We’ve brought in another new year, and this one came in with a big bang. We threw a party at our house yesterday. We’re both paying for it today. A little too much vodka, beer, wine and champagne mixed together. Russians sure can party. We socialized, played charades, sung karaoke and drank. Unfortunately, I found [...]
In Loving Memory of Valentin Artemov 1933 – 2008
My Father-in-law passed away Thursday morning. We had his funeral today and I gave the eulogy for him. Unfortunately, he had only been in the USA for a month. But he was able to spend his final month with his daughter and granddaughter. I think this was his driving force to getting to the USA [...]
Four Days Down, Three To Go
Well, it’s been 4 days since she left. I have to admit that it’s getting a little lonely here at home. We talk once a day about what’s going on in Russia and things that are going on here at home. She says the infrastructure has changed a lot since our last trip to Ekaterinburg [...]
New Year’s Again?
Yes it’s true. In Russia, the New Year comes once again. On Monday January 14, 2008 the Old New Year will be upon us. What is the old New Year? Back before Soviet times, Russia used the old Julian calendar and it was off by a couple weeks. So, January 7th is Christmas and January [...]
