The weather was remarkably warm on Sunday, which turned the snow into the perfect sculpting medium.  In the early afternoon our neighbors halfway down the street popped over and snow construction commenced.  Many hands make for light work, and they had the assembly line down pat.   Mr. SP elected…

I learned the Russian words for please, thank you, car, store, yes, no, sister, brother, hello, tea, penguin, bus, airplane, shower, and some others too. I learned how DIFFICULT it is to pronounce things in Russian. It turns out I like borscht, even though I hate most of the ingredients that…