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Mourning the Loss of My Compatriots
This site is now wearing black, not as a change of style. No every Pole is in mourning this week, to remember the tragic aircraft crash in Smolensk that killed the president of Poland and many Polish civilian and military leaders. Saturday morning, I found out about the President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, commanding generals,…
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Its Been a While
Wow, its amazing much one can do if one sits down and just concentrates on a single task. Yesterday proved a rather productive day, in terms of writing correspondences. Also I managed to get a fair bit of writing and coding done too. I apologize for everyone who expected me to answer back sooner. Some…
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Telegramic Greetings from Poland
Just wanted to leave a note to all my readers… (the approx. 10 of you, please correct me if I am wrong). I am currently outside my birth city Szczecin in beautiful Poland. Having a wonderful time. Finally stopped raining… and I leave for Italy and Rome on Tuesday. Will write soon. Maybe.
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Too Much Trip Planning
Its late, but I feel obligated to post at least a short blog post. I wanted to write the article today, but time did not permit. Hopefully, I will have more time tomorrow. Anyways, I started the day with the hope of completing a good chunk of the “landscaping” project. But I started late in…
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25th Anniversary of Martial Law in Poland
December 13, 1981. General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared Poland (then still part of the Warsaw Pact) under martial law. The Communist secret service arrested hundreds of Poles. Many died for a free Poland. 25 years later, things have changed slowly. Though many ex-members of the Communist Party, secret service and collaborators still walk freely and some…