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Continue reading →: Poland 2023 pt. 1: Warsaw
Late in the summer of 2023 I made my 2nd journey to Poland, arriving in Warsaw September 18th on a beautiful sunny day. My first journey had been a whirlwind 9 day adventure almost a year prior; this time I’d squeezed out a full two weeks to revisit some of…
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Continue reading →: Polish Melodies 2024, pt. 4
November 11th: Warsaw My transit timing meant I really didn’t manage to catch any of the parades or other festivities related to Independence Day. When I got to Warsaw there were folks with flags on the streets, but otherwise, by that point, it just seemed like another day in a…
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Continue reading →: the half-life of hope
Care remains my dedication, if no longer my vocation. Weighing how to best apply my care capabilities is part of the dynamic context now, learning how to more clearly see my own needs in the equation. Perhaps it’s that basis in and focus on care which informs my “first, do…
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Continue reading →: living-death with dignity
I suspect much more of the world experiences traumatic-brain-injuries than is recognized. I also suspect that if the world itself has a brain, it too is damaged in some form. Certainly traumatized; the mother has endured much in the embodiment of our earth. Trauma inevitably compounds brain damage, especially when…
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Continue reading →: Polish Melodies 2024, pt. 3
November 9th: Olsztyn Olsztyn is one of my favorite places to pop in for a visit in Poland. It’s just too bad I always seem to lose something in the journey. When I left the city in 2023 I left my “Mojo” in the milkbar, that is, I forgot my…
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Continue reading →: and I laughed when the joker said, “lead on”…
“Well, if I’m going to die on this journey,” I thought to myself, “It’ll probably be here.” It was November 30th, 2022 and I was somewhere in Łódź, Poland. Two strangers were approaching on the dark and narrow path. There was no one and nothing else around. “Only lovers will survive.”…
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Continue reading →: heaven and the earth behave as if they’re no longer friends at all
This is a blog I started writing in spring of 2023, after my first journey to Poland at the end of the prior year. As much has changed in the world since then, much that is relevant here remains… “Only lovers will survive.” That was the pop-song mantra that…
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Continue reading →: Polish Melodies 2024, pt. 2
November 6th: Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is tucked in where the Brda River forks off the Vistula. The little river and the old city wind together so dynamically, you can easily lose track of what side you’re on after a few bridges. The town square was once centrally dominated by a memorial…
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Continue reading →: Polish Melodies 2024, pt. 1
October 31st: Warsaw Poland in the Autumn is a sight to see! Warsaw sure is fortunate to have so many lovely parks. Mokotowskie was the perfect spot to stroll through the leaves and take it all in as I arrived in the capitol city. From the other side it was…
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