I am liking the Ruslan Russian songbook very much. One easy song to learn is ой, мороз, мороз! (oi! Frost, Frost!) which is about someone returning home in the cold to his waiting wife. He’s asking the frost not to freeze him and his beautiful white maned horse. Coincidentally I was reminded of this song in the last few days when I received a 30 second mobile phone video from my son on his way to work in St Petersburg. Minus the horse, of course…