Archives for: "June 2010"
Sunday 2010-06-06 schedule - public
June 7th, 2010This was a stellar day. For a change we had a slightly slower pace of activity. The weather was perfect for an excursion, about 70-75° but breezy and sunny. I actually can hardly remember a more perfect day. Russian student Daniil joined us. He… more »
Morning coffee
June 7th, 2010Russians don't have the American obsession with coffee, but they still sell it. The most common form is instant Nescafe, with or without cream. They serve it in handle-less glasses with nuclear-hot water, which seems freakish to us Americans. I mean,… more »
Monday 2010-06-07 schedule - public
June 8th, 2010Another interesting day. I've found a Russian student, Danil, to work with me a bit on my RWotD blog, which professionally I have to keep running while I'm here. We tried one wi-fi spot, wi-fi down, had to track down another. After blogging stuff is… more »
Words I'm looking up this morning
June 8th, 2010ломбард
pawn shop; сдать в ломбард to pawn
opossum
опоссум
лиственница
larch tree. I'm from Arizona. I can't tell a tree from a hole in the ground. I can name five different types of cholla cactus, though.… more »
