Joe Ragan

Tuesday morning I drove my neighbor’s niece to their summer garden spot.  Nina, my neighbor, started her tomato, cucumber, and other plants in her apartment.  Now, with spring in full swing it was time to plant them.  I offered to drive her niece to their “dacha” and we unloaded the plants.
On my drive back into [...]

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I went to Astana last Thursday. I attended a town hall meeting with the US Ambassador, Mr. John Ordway. He is nearing retirement and so a new ambassador is going through the process to be appointed by the senate. On Saturday the US Embassy opened its gates to US citizens living in [...]

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