Chapt. 239 – 983 words
Anti-Putin demonstration kept under wraps
MOSCOW, March 8, 2007 -- 2590 hits

Unauthorized protest against Putin hidden from public
Another journalist dead
Igor and I headed to his home in Modova

Chapt. 284 – 2,507 words
Apprehensions mount as reunion with Zhorik nears
MOSCOW, June 7, 2008 – 2294 hits

Zhorik is out of the army
Nizhny Novgorod Vanya surfaces - abjectly
Zhorik risks discharge, goes AWOL again,
As Sasha grows dearer – and leaves
Tabloid "eXile" threatened by authorities
Academy of Sciences again defies Kremlin
The impossible comes true: Obama is nominee

Chapt. 314 - 1 933 words
Back from Marrakesh, packing for Moldova
Somewhere in northern Spain, May 13, 2011 – 2852 hits

Back from Marrakesh, scene of terrorist bombing
Bin Laden Mort!
Bush's police state remembered
Plans for Moldova moving forward

Chapt. # 100 - 3176 words
Back from the Boonies With a New Dream
MOSCOW, January 9, 2005 – 3003 hits

Now boarding: The Mineral Water Airline Special
Meeting and charming the in-laws – and others
A Russian Near Year’s: Stand up, stand up for Putin
Caviar on a beer income
An American restaurant in Stavropol?

Chapt. 303 - 3,680 words
Back in Norteamerica - to stay?
Near Greenville, WV, July 25, 2010 -- 2571 hits

In America
A Short History of Nearly Everything
American medical bureaucracy
First come, first served
Only in America!
I would probably be bored here

Chapt. 268 – 1,735 words
Beautiful students lighten heavy class load
MOSCOW, October 9, 2007 -- 2259 hits

Full schedule gets fuller
Igor, officially an “invalid,” at last headed home?
Afternoon with dissident Andrei
Over 6,000 Russians are a century old!
Army reforming? Probably not
Politkovskaya’s murder hasn’t curbed press attacks

Chapt. 210 – 2691 words
Better PR needed after gay fiasco
MOSCOW , July 23, 2006 -- 3128 hits

Expensive G8 spectacle has little to show for it
Don’t expect justice in brutal hazing incident
I’m going to Dubrovnik – via Tivat
Landlady solves problem: “Get rid of flatmates”
Moscow mayor discovers an image problem
No Putin jokes: “You don’t make jokes about God”

Chapt. # 92 – 1722 words
Bread and Peace still motivates Russians
MOSCOW, October 25, 2004 –- 2102 hits

Anti-war protest: Bread and peace
Vanya flunks HK Mike’s sugar daddy test
Problems at EE?

Chapt. 266 - 1885 words
Busy sched, Zhorik’s, Igor’s absence, curb love life
MOSCOW, September 25, 2007 -- 2424 hits

Correcting my political errata
Alexei’s promotion
Lugovoi: member of parliament?
Prosecutors try to silence independent newspaper
The Red Queen’s less than exciting routine

Chapt. 23 - 2027 words
Celebrate the Revolution: Take a Stroll
MOSCOW, Nov. 7, 2003 -- 2857 hits

Revolution Day
Attempted hospital visit to Seryozh
Volodya fixes dinner
Volodya and Shurik meet and mingle
Why Russians don’t like democracy

Chapt. 45 – 1486 words
Celebrating the Red Army and Maslanitsa
MOSCOW, February 23, 2004 – 2421 hits

Red Army Day
and Mazlanitsa
New student Ruslan
Lecture on peak oil

Chapt. 180 - 2126 words
Christmas brings flu, Zhorik’s firing
MOSCOW, December 25, 2005 – 3077 hits


Santa brings the flu
Zhorik and Sergei have it out
….and Kreutz fires Zhorik
Tanya rekindles old ties
Sergei defends honor and breaks nose
Zhorik resumes old schedule
He’s determined to go to the Army
Duma passes repressive NGO bill
More Russians trust government!
Corruption still Russia’s biggest threat
Kremlin paranoia may get Stass fired

Chapt. 308 - 2 166 words
Christmas in Spain – Feliz Navidades a Todos :-)
Somewhere in Northern Spain, December 25, 2010 -- 2502 hits

Christmas alone – not half bad
Spanish Christmas tradition quite different
A call from Vlad
Druzhka really going back to Moscow
Max, Basil, reply to Xmas e-mails
Speaking of publishing...

Chapt. 44 - 1846 words
Cold day for birthdays, good year for love
MOSCOW, February 12, 2004 – 2873 hits

Another layer – of clothes and love; the best age
Dad’s and Abe Lincoln’s b’days
Visit from Vanya
Yegor: without you I’d be…dead?
Oil problems – and worse, money problems

Chapt. 173 – 2122 words
Computer cutie turns files into “ex-files”!
MOSCOW, November 6, 2005 -- 2571 hits

Mood most foul on Unity Day
After files become “ex-files”
Zhorik returns with a promise but no lick
Money for me and a job for Zhorik
O sole mio! Culinary ecstasy

Chapt. 212 – 5,518 words
Conspiracy theory: Putin is American tool!
MOSCOW, August 6, 2006 – 3341 hits

Worsening conditions: “ Putin is a tool of Bush”
Anti-Extremism law aimed at opposition
…but pales in comparison to new Bush plans
Internet brings me dreamboat – for a day?
…But there’s always Alex
…and now Victor!
Zhorik emerges and wants $ 500 toy

Chapt. 272 - 2,493 words
Contrived vote paves way for endless Putin rule
MOSCOW, December 8, 2007 -- 2410 hits

Election goes by script
Few of my students voted
New resolve to scuttle twins
But I need them for the move
18-yr.-old untouchable frustrates life
Going back to English Exchange a possibility?

Chapt. 286 – 3,085 wordsbeen spending every
Corruption victims: Keep what we’ve got
MOSCOW, June 22, 2008 -- 2564 hits

Zhorik's evasive answers raise suspicions
Despite costs, Russians prefer existing corruption
Yeltsin era photographer's videos confiscated
Dire warnings of "peak food," famines
Russia’s ag potential greater, but great obstacles
The eXile dies

Chapt. 264 – 3,754 words
Craig: Scratch a homophobe and you’ll find…
MOSCOW, September 9, 2007 -- 2521 hits

Fall schedule kicks in
…And disrupts Red Queen chronicle
Igor – and Denis -- back In Moldova
Another Russian army hazing victim
…besides Zhorik
…whose LD notes are becoming more affectionate
Russia post-Putin: More democratic?
Journalist’s murder “solved” – like Litvinenko’s
The Larry Craigs and Ted Haggards –
…Why? The Red Queen’s theory

Chapt. 28 – 1533 words
Day of the Turkey
MOSCOW, Nov. 27, 2003 -- 2534 hits

Thanksgiving Day
Putin tightening power – censoring textbooks
Yegor goes to baths and somebody’s house
Seryozh out of hospital