06 December 2025

Silesian Polish

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My latest newsletter from Culture.pl contains a link to several observations by  Janusz R. Kowalczyk  about  linguistic variation within Pol...
05 December 2025

Kashubian vs. Polish

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My latest newsletter from Culture.pl contains a link to several observations by  Janusz R. Kowalczyk about linguistic variation within Pola...
04 December 2025

RLS at Peak Productivity

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From Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, by Leo Damrosch (Yale University Press, 2025), Kindle pp. 447-449: From 1884 to 1887 ...

Taboos in Treasure Island

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From Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, by Leo Damrosch (Yale University Press, 2025), Kindle pp. 381-383: It’s important to ...
03 December 2025

Polish Gym Terms

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To help us endure the long, cold winter here, we joined what appears to be Poland's largest chain of fitness centers. Its name and motto...
30 November 2025

Some Polish Christmas Traditions

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My latest compilation from Culture.pl includes notes about some beloved Christmas customs . Here are a couple of them: Straw Ornaments Chris...
29 November 2025

Death Camp Workforce Induction, 1942

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From The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World , by Jonathan Freedland (HarperCollins, 2022), Kindle pp. 71-7...
28 November 2025

Max Heiliger's Recycled Wealth

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From The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World , by Jonathan Freedland (HarperCollins, 2022), Kindle pp. 108-...