all saints day

All Saints’ Day

Sunday was All Saints’ Day here in Poland. It’s not that I didn’t fully appreciate that day before I met my wife Ania, but it’s mostly that I simply didn’t care nor understand that ‘holiday’ until I saw how much it meant to her and her family. I spent most of my adult life in…

This past Monday was the All Saints Day in Poland. Although I planned on not going into a gridlocked cemetery that day, I did eventually visit my grandfathers grave site. The Church points out that All Saints Day shouldn’t be a sad and gloomy day at all. That it should in fact be a happy…

Pumpkin Mash

In 1962, Bobby “Boris” Pickett released the Monster Mash single. 48 years later it’s still the only song I’d say is great to listen to around the Halloween season. With so many Christmas songs around the holidays, why is there such a small selection of Halloween songs anyway? Karolina and I carved a few pumpkins…