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  • Tuesday

    Tuesday, March 29th 2022 I am in the kitchen next to my old stove and I have just flicked the switch turning off the gas under the coffee. Breakfast was the last of my ex partner’s bread, a little bit of fresh cabbage and a little bit of kvasheni and my usual morning pot of… Continue reading

  • Monday

    Monday, March 28th 2022 I’m in the kitchen with the door open. There is a small overhang of sheet metal for some reason guarding the top of the awning. Maybe it was supposed to replace flashing. My kitchen is technically a veranda. I don’t know if it was originally part of the house or built… Continue reading

  • Sunday

    Sunday morning, March 27th, 2022. Week number 12 Good morning. It’s about 7 and I guess it is about time to get up and head over to the kitchen. Coffee and toast. Maybe beans and corn. It’s going to be a big day. Today we plant beans. Time to get up.  *** https://t.me/SBUkr I like… Continue reading

  • Friday

    Friday, March 25th 2002 Zelinski speaking truth to power. *** I am in the very warm kitchen of my ex-partner’s apartment and I’m having some garlicky pickles, black bread toast, some spinach and we are waiting for the cardamom coffee. Yesterday was brutal. It was just a lot of physical work and a lot of… Continue reading

  • Thursday

    Thursday, March 24th 2022 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/3/20/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-urges-putin-to-negotiate-liveblog Ukraine latest updates: Zelenskyy rejects Moscow’s ultimatums Ukraine news from March 21: President Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of seeking to ‘destroy’ Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a speech on evaluation the 22nd day of the Russia-Ukraine war during virtually addressing in Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has turned down Russian… Continue reading

  • Wednesday

    Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 Good morning. It’s 7:00 a.m. and I have some decisions to make. I have some decisions to make about what to do with my body and what to do with my thoughts. This is a moment of difficulty in this piece of writing. I have a really interesting development in my… Continue reading

  • Tuesday

    Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/21/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html Ukraine rejects Kremlin demand to surrender Mariupol; Russia says U.S. relations ‘on the verge of rupture’ Ukraine has rejected an ultimatum to surrender its besieged port city of Mariupol to Russian forces. Ukrainian authorities said overnight that Moscow had demanded Mariupol be handed over by 5 a.m. Russian forces said… Continue reading

  • Monday

    Monday, March 21st 2022 This is a video for the Midwest of the United States. That’s the Bible belt. Home of the stroke, heart attack and cancer. All that rich good food served right off the farm and all making use of dead animals or their excretions. If I haven’t said this before, I am… Continue reading

  • Sunday

    Sunday morning, March 20th, 2022. Week number 11 Good morning. It looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day today. It’s very possible that we have seen the end of Frost. We’ve picked a planting date for the Bean field for next Sunday because of this. Beans are not particularly afraid of frost, the… Continue reading

  • Friday

    Friday, March 18th 2022 Well, that was fun. Purim has come and gone. It’s a little bit before 9:00 a.m. and I guess I have things to do today. I have not actually managed to get up yet and I don’t really even care about breakfast. I do want to at least get the last… Continue reading

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