On the Birth of Solidarity
Thirty-eight years ago, on August 31, 1980, in the shipping yards of Gdansk, Poland, amidst massive strikes across the country, an...
On Martial Law
I know, I know. What a dismal title for a blog post. But there's a reason behind it! On December 13, 1981, Poland woke up to the sounds...
On Learning My Native Language
So this summer, I went on an adventure. I wrote about my motivations on returning to Poland in a previous post. The first part of my big...
On Returning to the Motherland
This summer, after many years, I will be returning to the Motherland: Poland! My parents and I immigrated to the States in 1987; I was...