Chapt. 1 – 1952 words
Peter Pan in the Clutches of the Evil Empire
MOSCOW, September 7, 2003 -- 7971 hits

Yegor returns
Money keeps disappearing
Misha announces: Going to Prague

Chapt. 4 - 1666 words
Tea and Empathy
MOSCOW, Sept. 29, 2003 -- 7011 hits

Anton unveils his empathy
Moscow mayor ignores Court
We’re a family
It could happen to anybody

Chapt. 206 – 4199 words
Russian medical ineptitude puts me in funk
MOSCOW, June 25, 2005 -- 6248 hits

Alex and I finally meet for sex – later
Red Queen column accidentally goes to Hong Kong
Russian docs: Surgery now!
New student plays interpreter
…Surgery comes off the menu
Sex tag with Igor continues
At last: Sex with Alex – and Alexander
Basil: Let’s go to St. Pete
Putin anti-corruption drive: political ploy?
Patriotism filling Russian ideology void

Chapt. 335 - 4 818 words
Good People and Psychopathic Leaders
Somewhere in Northern Spain, May 20, 2013 -- 6221 hits

I’m still here :-)
Upcoming reunion in Morocco
Joe &^%$#@*’s dire fate
Syntax, morphology student no longer student
Is Sasha coming? Hong Kong Harry says No
The psychopathology of all world leaders

Chapt. 318 - 7 345 words
My Moldavan Oddysey
Svetliy, Moldova, July 15, 2011 – 5802 hits

Chapt. 329
Old Rockin’ Chair’s Got Me
Somewhere in northern Spain, October 10, 2012 -- 5357 hits

Fiesta Queen

Chapt. 319 - 3 326 words
Oh, where, oh where can he be?
Somewhere in northern Spain, September 1, 2011 -- 5170 hits

Fiesta Queen

Chapt. 327 - 2 374 words
Happy Birthday to me
Somewhere in northern Spain, July 6, 2012 – 4950 hits

Fiesta Queen

Chapt. 256 – 4,364 words
Independence Day: Why is there tyranny?
MOSCOW, July 10, 2007 -- 4899 hits

4th of July raises question: What makes people evil?
How does a yogi celebrate freedom?
74th birthday lunch with Peter – anti- or pre-climactic?
Hydrocarbon companies will recruit their own armies
Sergei-Tanya breakup prompts threats – idle, I hope
Outlook for classes, income, improves
Chocolate for high blood pressure?
Basil goes to Elton John concert
2014 Winter Olympics in Russia will line pockets

Chapt. 336 - 16 806 words
Getting Ready for the Big Adventure [2/2]
Somewhere in northern Spain, June 8, 2013 – 4681 hits

Looming Morocco Adventure
Will Andrew and Sasha actually come?
U.S. collapse will be worse than Sov. Union’s

Chapt. 189 – 3785 words
Lots of orgasms, but no sex; what’s in a name?
MOSCOW, February 26, 2006 -- 4586 hits

Orgasms back on track, but “not sex”
I give Zhorik his alcoholism warning
More “not sex”
Still wavering about the army
Bush attack on Iran could invite U.S. terror
Putin and Bush fight over the moon

Chapt. 240 – 5,092 words
Extreme poverty, one-holers, and pretty boys
Moldova, March 19, 2007 – 3955 hits

Moldova – time warp from a century ago
We arrive in Garlic
…With no pillow on which to lay our weary heads
A smelly armpit? Well, something like that
“Bukhat”-ing and kissy face
Mom’s religion: “Help of the helpless…”
An excursion to Kagul –Moldova style
Abandoned with Mom in Svetliy
“Serious Problem”: averting a crisis with a big IF

Chapt. 330 - 5 140 words
Lucy pulls the football -- again!
Somewhere in northern Spain, November 7, 2012 – 3923 hits

Fiesta Queen

Chapt. 296 - 2,097 words
Hercules’ Tower
Somewhere in Northern Spain, February 14, 2010 -- 3917 hits

Fiesta Queen

Chapt. 334 - 5 181 words
I’m living here Illegally? Now What?
Somewhere in Northern Spain, February 25, 2013 – 3788 hits

Illegal immigrant? Let sleepings dogs lie

Vanya takes 400 euro ride – with my money

Call from ex-wife Elaine: Should I go to U.S.?

Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Big Disappointment

My last will and testament

Letter from Sashas – June 27?

New “Syntax and Morphology” student

Being broke saves me from Igor

Iago – a hopeless fantasy?

Jobless Spanish journalists launch new newspaper

“We’re committing global suicide”

Chapt. 214 – 5621 words
Dubrovnik: Historic paradise a perennial survivor
MOSCOW, August 22, 2006 - 3784 hits

Dubrovnik – “Jewel in the Crown”
…tarnished 15 years ago
Welcome to…Where?
Freedom vs. Empire
Steps to the past: they don’t make ‘em like they used to
“Stone nest of freedom”
Scars of what they don’t talk about
You don’t come here for the gay scene
…but the nude beaches are nice
Marco and I talk about the future
Back to ugly reality

Chapt. 332 - 3 123 words
…and to all a good night…
Somewhere in northern Spain, Dec. 21.2012 – 3725 hits

Fiesta Queen

Chapt. #133 – 2599 words
Khodorkovsky: “Beginning of the end? A lot more cuckoos
MOSCOW, June 3, 2005 – 3686 hits

Khodorkovsky sentencing
Zhorik returns - again
Slava’s promise of relief
Columns: “Naked Lunch” redux?
EE will still handle visa
Memories of Kesey

Chapt. 325 - 3 877 words
M’aidez, m’aidez
Somewnere in northern Spain, May 1, 2012 -- 3637 hits

Fiesta Queen

Chapt. 52 – 2271 words
Easter in Russia – sans bunny
April 11, 2004 -- 3631 hits

Easter Sunday
Basil
Vanya – broke and hurting
Bush – the new Hitler