Lizzie, aged 4, has come down with chicken pox. This is way better than being Chris, aged 36 (37 according to my prescription) and never having had chicken pox. Not wanting to be an adult victim of this dreaded…
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po polsku
So we just got back from the movies, the new vampire movie to be exact, all thanks to our good, good friend aka the best babysitter in the whole wide world. Not much has changed in the world of…
I’m not seriously planning to leave Poland right now (no matter who won the elections) but of course when having a bad day(which is more and more often lately), I do entertain the idea. Then I realize that I…
Life in Poland
Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket -Nie wkładaj wszystkich swoich jajek do jednego koszyka
Today I heard a very distasteful addition to the English language. It is a variation on the old saying, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” meaning, spread out your risk. Here’s the new expression, and I hope…
The election results are in and the candidate that we did not like did not win. It would be too much to say that the candidate we liked won. So I guess we are staying here for a little…
I have just read an interesting article “Somewhere a Dog Barked” by Rosecrans Baldwin published here in Slate. The article addresses the literary use of phrases such as “somewhere a dog barked” and “a dog barks in the distance”.…
Today we voted for President. When I say we, I mean Misiu because I cannot vote, but we all went along for moral support. Last night at bedtime, Lizzie asked her usual bedtime questions – Lizzie: Mamusia, how old…
This is my first attempt ever to write something in Polish. I translated the post about my unfortunate train ride to the Baltic Sea as suggested. Translating it from English was the only way I could have done it.…
Chyba powinnam pisać coś po polsku, ale co?…
I have to admit, I'm no good with names especially foreign names. Good thing I've come up with my own, sometimes humorous, system.…
