Tag: Writing
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A remarkable journey, unhurried, moving at a speed allowed by the weather conditions outside.
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I heard myself ask, quietly, “Is that the radio station?”
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As an adult, acquiring cherries meant a small supermarket punnet during a brief British season. Here, they were abundance itself. Even the family pet, a huge but gentle Bernese Mountain Dog, spent its afternoons beneath the tree eating windfalls as they fell. I casually mentioned to my friend that I adored cherries, a rare treat,…
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There are photographs of that moment somewhere — me standing stiffly, wearing a jacket that didn’t quite fit, a hat with a huge feather denoting a rank I didn’t yet understand, and holding a real ceremonial sword.
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The author reflects on their evolving relationship with Polish food, from confusion and hesitation as a newcomer to finding comfort and belonging through community and shared meals, ultimately transforming from a foreigner to someone connected to Polish culture.
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She was thinking in two different languages at the same time…
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while the owner, kind and amused, watched an Englishman fall in love with his coffee shop.
