When I settled on the island, rumours got around that there was a fantastic yoga instructor in the harbor. After my previous experiences with yoga, I had no desire to look into taking a class. One day I saw a … Read More
I just finished reading the first chapter of my favorite book. I have been going back to it for 25 years. I don’t know why I became so attached to it. Maybe it’s because right after I bought it, I … Read More
For the past four years I have been enjoying walks, seeing the azure of the ocean kiss the gold of the sand on Porto Santo’s main beach. I know where I will meet tourists, and where the locals welcome each … Read More
When I sit in a soft armchair, among others, similar and at the same time so different, I freeze. I longed for this moment for a long time. Recently, I have been finding most of such experiences on the Internet. … Read More
I saw him for the first time on a big screen in a cinema in Gdynia, where a report from a concert in Portofino was shown. He stood in shoes the color of the Italian flag. When he started playing … Read More
Passacaglia… In Portuguese, as in Spanish, the word “passar” means “to pass”. In his new composition, Leszek Możdżer moves from a frequency imposed on musicians years ago to another, slowly discovered, less recognized one. The frequency played on the second … Read More
Among the guests I invited to the new series of my podcast entitled “Pogaduchy przez ocean”, besides my zodiacal twin who shares the same birthday every year with me, there’s a woman we share a foot twin with. It is … Read More
I’m trying to remember the first time I allowed myself to have it. After a moment of reflection, I know that the first hermitage was not by choice. Hermitage is when you feel yourself to the core. You can only … Read More
I will never forget that boy’s name. His eyes were watery even as he laughed. I only saw him in my classes for a year, but I still remember the extraordinary warmth of his hands. Karolek (Karol) was six years … Read More
I was walking down a narrow, barely lit corridor. The legs themselves carried the body, because the brain had only one task: to survive. There was no one to cheer me up, because the only person who had always dispelled … Read More