I’ve written a series of evolving posts about Plastic Straws. Here are links to all of them in sequential order. Starting with my first post ten years ago. Straws in Water Straws… Finally ...Read More
The Russian word for “speed bump” is: “lexhashchii politseiskii.” It literally means “lying down policeman.” I thought this was pretty funny Russian humor, which is often directed ...Read More
What you see is what you want to see. On our tour of Russia we went on a home visit in Uglich a small provincial town. Some of the guests found it charming. Some did not. Confirmation bias in action....Read More
“One persons death is a tragedy, but the death of a million people is a statistic.” Josef Stalin Stalin appeared on the cover of Time Magazine 12 times....Read More
In August the people in Moscow pick wild mushrooms so this news is important.Russian Scientists recently discovered that you can eat all types of mushrooms. Of course some of them you can only eat onc...Read More
Last week I begrudgingly used the self checkout at my local Fry’s grocery store. It was a struggle and while walking home (with my reusable Love Bags) I wondered how we got to the point where we hav...Read More