Math And Honor
I am looking at the badge of honor for the Soviet Sports Hall of Fame. Each badge has a unique number and the name of the owner engraved in the back. This one says:...
I am looking at the badge of honor for the Soviet Sports Hall of Fame. Each badge has a unique number and the name of the owner engraved in the back. This one says:...
Mikhail Gorbachev is 85! He was nicknamed Gorby and he was a mastermind behind global changes in the world in the late 1980s. He stayed behind the downfall the Iron Curtain and the Berlin...
Got a cowboy hat? Whoopi-ty-aye-yay! This is me “enjoying” a ride in Moscow Zoo. Whoopi-ty-aye-yay!
For those who remember and celebrate the Old Army and Navy Day on February 23, 2016, belated congrats! On the photo, the 5th Engineering Company in Rostov. Celebrations are becoming more complicated and often...
“Don’t Worry Be Happy!” That’s the therapeutic message carried by the two frog figurines on my desk. Oh well. it ain’t that easy. When follow the pose of the first figurine (laying on its...
Just one of previously unpublished photos… Slowly moving into the weekend through the Friday night traffic in town. You know the feeling 🙂
Great news came from Ozone Park, NY. At the Aqueduct, Jockey Jacqueline Davis won her 500th career start! Jackie Davis is a fantastic jockey. We already wrote about one of our favorite jockeys here...
An old picture from archives in the attic. The “Old Crimea” port wine. Alexey and I in Alushta. We are carrying a case of port wine. I wear a sailor’s shirt in front. There...
Lazlo is a character featured in the 2010 calendar on the George Ulrich’s bookshelf. Lazlo always made me smile… “OASSIS is down. Any thoughts?” I hear George’s voice. I am thinking about the cause...
Is it true about Lech Walesa? I have to say Lech Walesa on my personal list of heroes. The 1980s produced fantastic political figures. Vaclav Havel, Nelson Mandela, Frederik Willem de Klerk, Mikhail Gorbachev…...