On a crisp September morning in 1996, my family and I embarked on a 5-hour drive from our little town of Kolbuszowa to Warsaw, Poland’s capital. My parents and I, along with my eldest sister Ania, rode in our big Fiat, while the rest of our siblings followed in their little Fiat. We were heading […]
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Is there anything more Polish than pierogi? As a kid, most of my friends had no idea where Poland was. “It’s cold, isn’t it?” they’d ask, perhaps thinking it was a province of the North Pole. Maybe they confused it with Greenland or Iceland. Either way, despite the poor geography skills, I could always count
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I have never seen fields so blanketed with poppies as I have in Poland. The national flower of Poland, the field (or corn) poppy symbolizes not only remembrance but resilience. This is not only true for Poland, but for the US (the poppy is also a symbol of the American Legion) and much of Europe
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One of my favorite aspects of visiting home–particularly in the warmer months–was spending time in the open fields. Unlike our living space in the U.S., our house in Poland was surrounded by not only a large beautiful garden but also fields and farmland. Walking through meadows brimming with bright red poppies, vibrant blue cornflowers, and
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