I woke up on Saturday, thinking it was going to be a day just like any other. The sunlight shimmered through the curtains, birds chirped outside my window and the world was at peace until I saw my phone screen. Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away while I was sleeping and suddenly it felt like […]
Tag: politics
sun shower
For a while it seemed that absolutely nothing was happening. My life was paralyzed within the middle of the pandemic, all these pieces of the machine were stuck with nowhere to go and then in an instant everything activated at once. One of my feet was placed in Warsaw and the other was desperately trying […]
eclipse part: II
I have a lot of thoughts right now. Not just in the present moment but as every day unfolds it seems that my mind is on overdrive. Throughout the 24 hour cycle, the range of my emotions can be extreme. A case of emotional whiplash occurs quite regularly. As the dawn breaks my heart and […]
eclipse part: I
We are living in a strange world at the moment, one of extremes. It seems that since January I have been playing out in my own mind what exactly this would look like for me. What would it feel like? How could I prepare? The thing is you really can’t. Nothing has quite turned the […]
falling into place
If you would have asked me five years ago what my plan was for my life my answers would have been so monumentally different than where we are now. I don’t know if I could have ever predicted landing in Poland. Life has a funny way of doing that you know, surprising us. We so […]
pleas from the past
I try my best to keep my politics out of social media. I stand pretty firmly on most issues that I believe in. However, I love a good debate. A great conversation with people who are educated and willing to have it. This summer I visited a lot of WWII sites. Hell, I live 100 […]