And Friday, November 18th 2022 Good morning. Last day. Pretty crazy when these things rolled around. That’s the thing about large projects or time in general. We wait. We have events in the future to look forward to. Sometimes we pray for things that don’t exist and sometimes we hope for things that do but… Continue reading

Thursday, November 17th 2022 It’s 6:30 and I’m in the kitchen/cafe. I’ve just finished another excellent breakfast. Carbs on carbs on carbs. But it was ridiculously tasty and satisfying. I am bloody addicted to those new potatoes. I remember hearing a story one time from my friend Volkov. He is the actor who is now… Continue reading

Wednesday, November 16th 2022 This is no way to end a peaceful night or begin what should have been a peaceful day. It appears that the Russians cannot live without expensive counterpunching that requires no skill. They are getting their asses kicked on the battlefield, they are losing face in Moscow and in response, they… Continue reading

Tuesday, November 15th 2022 It’s already 8:30 in the morning. Very late start today. I actually slept pretty well last night. I was up and down a couple of times but nothing brutal. They say tomorrow we are going below zero for the first time and according to the weather service, we will stay there… Continue reading

Monday, November 14th 2022 Yet, the war goes on. However, I believe the general feeling, if it’s not absolute specific knowledge, is that the entire special military operation might have been the greatest mistake the Russians have made since wasting all of the money of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Some people never learn. Zelinsk… Continue reading

Sunday, November 13th 2022. Week 45 Good morning. It’s probably a little early to be getting up on a Sunday morning. It’s a quarter after 5:00. And even more reason not to do anything, it’s raining and cold and everybody knows that Belarusians don’t like to work in the rain.  Look, straight away I got… Continue reading

Friday, November 11th 2022 It’s weird looking at that date being written. I’m exactly one week away from my ending date. It feels crazy to actually arrive here. Today is Friday, today is prep day for my day off but after this, just six more days. It’s really early on Friday morning and as expected,… Continue reading

Thursday, November 10th 2022 It’s 3:00 a.m., my eyes just opened and my first thought was to see how far along we’ve gotten. The election process is dragging so I’m assuming there’s a lot of behind the scenes nonsense going on. As of the moment, we exactly have a divided Senate although I hear something… Continue reading

Wednesday, November 9th 2022 Rachel Maddow puts things into perspective as usual. The Dems participated in early voting and mail ends and the Republicans like the circus of voting day. I think it might be a matter of feeling the crowd versus understanding one’s Civic duty. When you are in a large group of people,… Continue reading

Tuesday, November 8th 2022 It’s election day in America. I’m saying that now but we have a long, long way to go on this. First of all, it’s just election day right now because on the east coast of the United States, we have just ticked past midnight. Here, it’s 7:30 a.m. and I am… Continue reading