Here. Sunday morning. In my claw foot bath up to my ears in bubbles. In my “German” house in Poland. Steaming cup of coffee on the windowsill. Agnieszka Chylinska on the radio. She doesn’t know it, but we spend every…
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I’m not bragging, but this is the feedback I’ve been getting lately. You’re so funny. You should write a book. So many strange things have happened to you. You should write a book. Please write a book. I’d definitely…
Apparently there is some blog competition and Kielbasa Stories made it into the top 100. I don’t know how many blogs participated so I am not sure if I should be excited or not. It’s like when my friend…
We have already had The Talk with our girls. Actually, several versions of the The Talk have gone under the bridge, and I imagine there are at least a dozen more (each) in front of us. Nobody gave me…
I am an atheist. In the popular nomenclature I am referred to as a non-believer. I really don’t like that name, non-believer. I believe in things, lots of things. I have also been pitied and prayed for because of…
It’s not the answer I wanted, but it is the answer that will make me stop asking the question. What question? Are you going to visit us? Over the years, I have asked that question a lot. Maybe I…
I know my way around Auschwitz. I have visited the camps many times. And every time I walked out of there, I thanked my lucky stars that I was there as a tourist, a guest, an historian. I know…
Yeah, that’s me. Crazy mother. Worst mother in the world. OK sans face cream, wire hangers, and blatant child abuse, but still. Just this morning I made my child sit at the table and forbade her to get…
I have long envied men the penis. It is true. Oh not for the reasons you might suppose. As a member of the clan of the small bladder, I have envied men their external equipment for the sheer convenience of…
Kielbasa Stories can now be found on Facebook. I decided if Misiu, the man who repeatedly said that social networking is for Communists, finally joined Facebook, then Kielbasa Stories could join too. Any tips or advice on how to…
