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So This Is 50

Once upon a time Years ago at university in the US, one of my professors asked our class to imagine ourselves at age 50. I suppose he chose 50 as a nice round number, more than double the age…

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No funerals, no vomit hands

We got a chance to spend the weekend together. No funerals. Our weekend always starts the same with a drive from the city to the village. Occasionally we spot a deer or fox or wild pig on the way, but…

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My birthday

My birthday is coming up. Ok, it’s in 2 months, but at my age that is just around the corner.The girls asked me what kind of birthday cake I’m going to have and they don’t mean the flavor. They…

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Clean windows = Rain

Or at least it does for us. I cleaned and cleaned all our windows in preparation for Easter and for Rosie’s birthday party. Yes, I have bowed down to the Polish tradition. Immediately after finishing, it began to rain…

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Two Birthdays and an Easter

We’ve got 2 birthdays and Easter coming up and a kid on a no-milk, no-wheat, no-eggs elimination diet. What about the birthday cake?!? Not only do I not know what to do about the cake, I also don’t know…

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Wyątkowy dzień!

Here’s a postcard recently received by my Misiu, holder of an Orsay Club Card. Wjątkowy dzień! Witaj Misiu, Czas spełnić marzenia. Odkryj siebie na nowo robiąc zakupy z Twoim osobistym bonem urodzinowym 20 PLN + 200 DODATKOWYCH PUNKTÓW i…

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Happy Birthday Misiu!

It’s my Misiu’s birthday, a big round one. Some people might be affected by that nice round number, but not my Misiu. So what, he’s 40. He’s 40 with a smoking hot wife (hee, hee) and two of the…