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Trzeci sezon Polish Stories to rozmowy z osobami dwujęzycznymi, o polskich korzeniach, albo z cudzoziemcami mieszkającymi w Polsce. Większość rozmów będzie po polsku, niektóre po angielsku. W tym odcinku moją gościnią jest Heather, Amerykanka, poliglotka, mama dwujęzycznych dzieci i autorka podcastu The Future Is Bilingual: https://thefutureisbilingual.wordpress.com/ Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mieć ze mną większy kontakt, zapisz się do mojego newslettera: http://polishstories.net

This week Howie is joined by Ewa Pospieszynska, a young ecosocialist in the leftwing Razem party of Poland.Resources: Razem,https://partiarazem.pl(In Polish, but can be read in English using a free machine translation app like Google Translate)European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet,https://leftalliance.eu/Central-Eastern European Green Left Alliance,https://ceegla.org/Dan Davison and Ewa Pospieszyńska, Beyond Roe: Strategic Lessons in the Fight for Abortion Rights, New Politics, Summer 2022,https://newpol.org/issue_post/beyond-roe/Dan Davison and Ewa Pospieszyńska, "On Migration, the Polish Left Has All But Given Up: It isn't too late to grow a backbone,” Novara Media, October 2, 2023,https://novaramedia.com/2023/10/02/on-migration-the-polish-left-has-all-but-given-up/Ewa Pospieszyńska, "PiS off! But Tusk's coalition is a Faustian pact for the Polish left,” Red Pepper, November 16, 2023,https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/europe/pis-off-but-tusks-coalition-is-a-faustian-pact-for-the-polish-left/Ewa Pospieszyńska's podcast about Polish politics and more, The Polkast,https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-polkast-podHowie Hawkins, "A Political Paradox: A Progressive-Leaning Public Elects a Far-Right President,” New Politics, Winter 2025,https://newpol.org/issue_post/a-political-paradox

Chcesz się uczyć polskiego ze mną? Posłuchaj co mam do zaproponowania na początek 2025 roku. Moja oferta zajęć na styczeń, luty i marzec 2025: https://buymeacoffee.com/polishstories/extras (https://buymeacoffee.com/polishstories/extras) UWAGA! Do piątku 6 grudnia obowiązują niższe, promocyjne ceny, a 30% ze sprzedaży przekażę na azyl dla zwierząt Fundacji Przyjaciel Zwierz: https://przyjacielzwierz.org/ (https://przyjacielzwierz.org/) Zapisz się do mojego newslettera: https://polishstories.net/ (https://polishstories.net/) Podcast nagrałam korzystając z Riverside.fm: https://aff.polishstories.net/riverside (https://aff.polishstories.net/riverside) (link afiliacyjny).

Trzeci sezon Polish Stories to rozmowy z osobami dwujęzycznymi, o polskich korzeniach, albo z cudzoziemcami mieszkającymi w Polsce. Większość rozmów będzie po polsku, niektóre po angielsku. W tym odcinku moją gościnią jest Róża, Polka urodzona i wychowana w Kanadzie, nauczycielka angielskiego, która na Instagramie prowadzi konta @weird.things_people.say (o zabawnych idiomach po polsku i angielsku), @rosy.learning (o uczeniu języka angielskiego) i @i.am.pro.nunciation (o amerykańskiej wymowie). Tu jest post o bałwanie, który wspomniałyśmy w rozmowie: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-uxb6Go3bV/ A jeśli tak jak Róża, gdy 20 lat temu zamieszkała w Polsce, nie za bardzo wiesz, kim był Adam Mickiewicz, zapraszam do wysłuchania odcinka 2.14: https://polishstories.fireside.fm/s2e14 Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mieć ze mną większy kontakt, zapisz się do mojego newslettera: http://polishstories.net TRANSKRYPCJA ODCINKA POJAWI SIĘ NIEDŁUGO.

Trzeci sezon Polish Stories to rozmowy z osobami dwujęzycznymi, o polskich korzeniach, albo z cudzoziemcami mieszkającymi w Polsce. Większość rozmów będzie po polsku, niektóre po angielsku. W tym odcinku moją gościnią jest Marissa, Polka i Amerykanka, autorka kanału na YouTube Relearn A Language: https://www.youtube.com/@relearnalanguage i strony internetowej z masą informacji dla osób zainteresowanych językami odziedziczonymi: https://relearnalanguage.com/ Rozmowa jest po angielsku, ale wstęp i zakończenie po polsku. Jeśli chcesz wysłuchać tylko samej rozmowy, zaczyna się w 01:12. My guest in this episode is Marissa, Polish-American, the creator of the YouTube channel Relearn A Language: https://www.youtube.com/@relearnalanguage and the website full of information for people interested in heritage languages: https://relearnalanguage.com/ The conversation is in English with the intro and outro in Polish. If you want to listen to the interview only, it starts at 01:12. Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mieć ze mną większy kontakt, zapisz się do mojego newslettera: http://polishstories.net To już ostatni moment, żeby zapisać się do pierwszej edycji programu Let's Read & Chat! Zaczynamy już 4 listopada 2024. Szczegóły tutaj: https://polishstories.net/products/lets-read-and-chat

W trzecim sezonie Polish Stories będę rozmawiać z osobami dwujęzycznymi, o polskich korzeniach, albo z cudzoziemcami mieszkającymi w Polsce. Większość rozmów będzie po polsku, niektóre po angielsku. Zapraszam! Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić tu: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Dziękuję! Zapraszam też do mojego programu Let's Read & Chat! Zaczynamy już 4 listopada. Szczegóły tutaj: https://polishstories.net/products/lets-read-and-chat

Chcesz zacząć czytać polskie książki? Chcesz porozmawiać po polsku bez presji? Chcesz mieć kontakt z językiem polskim w czasie, który Tobie odpowiada? Jeśli tak, to zapraszam Cię do Let's Read & Chat - spędź trzy jesienne tygodnie w towarzystwie opowiadań Olgi Tokarczuk - i w moim! Program potrwa trzy tygodnie - zaczynamy w poniedziałek 4 listopada 2024 roku. Co będziemy robić? Na początku każdego tygodnia dostaniesz jedno opowiadanie Olgi Tokarczuk do przeczytania lub przesłuchania (w formie pdf oraz jako nagranie audio) oraz notatnik z trudniejszymi słowami, wybranym zagadnieniem gramatycznym i dwoma pytaniami nawiązującymi do treści opowiadania. W ciągu tygodnia wyślesz mi nagrania z odpowiedziami na pytania - a ja zapewnię Ci nielimitowany feedback podczas trwania programu. Co będzie potrzebne? Dostęp do internetu, żeby pobrać materiały i wysłać mi nagrane odpowiedzi; aplikacja Telegram; około półtorej godziny tygodniowo - może być podzielone na krótsze sesje, jeśli tak Ci wygodniej; i entuzjazm do nauki języka polskiego! Do 15 października trwa promocja - trzy tygodnie z językiem polskim za jedyne $75. Jeśli "Let's Read & Chat" do Ciebie przemawia, nie zwlekaj! Zapisz się tutaj: https://polishstories.net/products/lets-read-and-chat?promo=15OFF

Ludwik Zamenhof był polskim Żydem, który marzył o zjednoczeniu wszystkich ludzi i jest najbardziej znany jako twórca języka esperanto. Zapraszam Cię również do mojego nowego programu "Let's Read & Chat", który zaczyna się już 4 listopada 2024. Do 15 października obowiązuje cena promocyjna. Zapraszam! Wszystkie informacje i link do zapisów znajdziesz tu: https://polishstories.net/products/lets-read-and-chat?promo=15OFF Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Transkrypt odcinka znajdziesz na mojej stronie BuyMeACoffee.com/polishstories za £2. Twoje wsparcie jest dla mnie bardzo cenne, dziękuję!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1140, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Asian Bodies Of Water 1: Although called a sea, it's actually a large salty lake between Israel and Jordan. the Dead Sea. 2: According to Hindu myth, this river once flowed in the heavens but was ordered to go down to Earth. the Ganges. 3: This holy river of India was named for the daughter of the Mountain God Himalaya. the Ganges. 4: Arabs call this river Nahr Al-Urdun; the Hebrew name is Ha-Yarden. the Jordan (River). 5: This Siberian lake contains around 20% of the fresh water on the world's surface. Baikal. Round 2. Category: Eat Your Foreign Vegetables 1: In Italy these are distinguished as peperoni rossi and peperoni verdi. red and green peppers. 2: In Espanol it's espinaca (and I'm still not eating it). spinach. 3: In French they're petits pois and weird people use a knife and honey to eat them. peas. 4: In Polish it's cebula; you can cry out your response now. onions. 5: In a Caribbean mood in Sweden? You might serve your svarta bonor, these, with kokat ris, "white rice". black beans. Round 3. Category: The Girls In The Group 1: Emma, Geri, Mel B, Mel C, and Victoria. the Spice Girls. 2: LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, Kelly Rowland and some singer with the last name Knowles. Destiny's Child. 3: Anita, June and Ruth, so excited to be these eponymic siblings. the Pointer Sisters. 4: "Don't Cha" remember Ashley, Carmit, Jessica, Kimberly, Melody and Nicole, these kittens?. the Pussycat Dolls. 5: Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey, who were really saying something in the 1980s and still in the 20-teens. Bananarama. Round 4. Category: Austen-Tatious 1: While prince regent during his father's madness, this king had a set of Austen's novels in each of his residences. George IV. 2: Jane Austen said Elizabeth Bennet, the hero of this novel, was "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". "Pride and Prejudice". 3: After her unsuccessful and meddlesome matchmaking, this title character realizes she loves Mr. Knightley. Emma Woodhouse. 4: This author of "Orlando" said, "Of all the great writers" Jane "is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness". Virginia Woolf. 5: This title abbey is the home of clergyman Henry Tilney. "Northanger Abbey". Round 5. Category: 20Th Century Authors 1: In 1974 this Brit turned out another novel like clockwork, "The Clockwork Testament". Anthony Burgess. 2: Pennsylvania-born expatriate author depicted here in a 1917 sculpture by Jo Davidson. Gertrude Stein. 3: Ancestors of this elusive modern author protested after Hawthorne used their name in "The House of the Seven Gables". Thomas Pynchon. 4: This "Humboldt's Gift" author won both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes in 1976. Saul Bellow. 5: "There is no contentment on the road" says this CBS correspondent in "A Life on the Road". Charles Kuralt. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Welcome to Episode 445 of the Learn Polish Podcast, your ultimate guide for learning the Polish language. In this episode, Kamila's team will tackle the usage and meaning of the preposition "for" in Polish. You can't miss out on this insightful lesson designed elaborately by your very own Polish language experts! Find all our episodes on our website, and social media platforms like Bitchute, YouTube and Rumble. This episode delves deep into the world of the Polish language to decode the varied usage of the word "for". In Polish, "for" translates into three contexts: Dla, Na, and Za. Confusing, isn't it? But fear not as your hosts, Roy and Kamila, will explain each context with suitable examples and anecdotes to ensure you understand and remember the concepts. Whether it's a present for somebody (prezent dla kogoś), waiting for someone (czekam na ciebie) or thanking someone for their help (dziękuję za pomoc), the hosts cover all these scenarios in an engaging discussion in Polish. They will also walk you through some common language errors and provide tips on how to avoid them. This episode isn't just about learning Polish. It's also about sharing a platform with individuals who strive to make a difference in the world. An honorable mention to danielpackard.com, an initiative working tirelessly to help individuals overcome anxiety, stress, and addiction problems. So, sit back and enjoy this interactive crash course that promises a wealth of knowledge, laughter, and a window into the intricacies of the Polish language. Remember, every episode brings you a step closer to mastering the language! Until next week, do widzenia!

Mikołaj Kopernik to słynny astronom z czasów Renesansu, którego Polacy uważają za wybitnego Polaka, a Niemcy za wybitnego Niemca. TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ: http://tinyurl.com/mwtwwntw Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić tu: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Dziękuję! . Tutaj możesz zapisać się do Language TV Club (link afiliacyjny): https://www.languagetvclub.com/?ref=ctQFDCu1rUBSFe Tu możesz obejrzeć trailer serialu "Gang Zielonej Rękawiczki": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azzKu-FZAmQ&t=16s Tu możesz przeczytać mój artykuł z 2022 roku (po angielsku) o tym, dlaczego warto uczestniczyć w klubach konwersacyjnych: http://tinyurl.com/4f6ekwy8

Adam Mickiewicz to jeden z najsłynniejszych polskich poetów, który jest także narodowym poetą litewskim. W drugim sezonie Polish Stories opowiadam o Polakach, których pewnie znasz, ale może nie wiesz, że byli Polakami. TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ: http://tinyurl.com/5n8cpzfj Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić tu: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Dziękuję! . Fragmenty filmu "Pan Tadeusz" (1999, reż. Andrzej Wajda): Polonez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhZ9Gizc8Y Awantura w zamku Horeszków: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOdmwvsH0hE Spowiedź księdza Robaka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb61IKyz4lg . Tutaj możesz zapisać się do Language TV Club (link afiliacyjny): https://www.languagetvclub.com/?ref=ctQFDCu1rUBSFe Tu możesz obejrzeć trailer serialu "Gang Zielonej Rękawiczki": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azzKu-FZAmQ&t=16s

Fryderyk Chopin to najsłynniejszy polski pianista i kompozytor, który był w połowie Francuzem i pół życia spędził we Francji, ale chciał, by po śmierci jego serce wróciło do Polski. W drugim sezonie Polish Stories opowiadam o Polakach, których pewnie znasz, ale może nie wiesz, że byli Polakami. TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ: http://tinyurl.com/36d7pdby Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić tu: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Dziękuję! . Tutaj znajdziesz playlistę niektórych znanych utworów skomponowanych przez Chopina: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7y97mc3bZRFXzT2szRM4L4 Tutaj znajdziesz klip z filmu "Pan Tadeusz" z tańcem polonez (muzyka autorstwa Wojciecha Kilara): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21u1t_lIRhM Tutaj znajduje się kościół Świętego Krzyża w Warszawie, w którym spoczywa serce Chopina: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kLSW1m5D6JqNeBVF6 Tu znajdziesz informacje o letnich koncertach chopinowskich w Łazienkach Królewskich w Warszawie: https://tifc.chopin.pl/koncerty-w-lazienkach/ Tu znajdziesz informacje o Międzynarodowym Konkursie Pianistycznym im. F. Chopina: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C4%99dzynarodowyKonkursPianistycznyim.FryderykaChopina . Tutaj możesz zapisać się do Language TV Club (link afiliacyjny): https://www.languagetvclub.com/?ref=ctQFDCu1rUBSFe Tu możesz obejrzeć trailer serialu "Gang Zielonej Rękawiczki": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azzKu-FZAmQ&t=16s

Józef Konrad Korzeniowski znany jest światu jako Joseph Conrad - jeden z największych pisarzy literatury anglojęzycznej. Tak naprawdę jednak pochodził z Polski. W drugim sezonie Polish Stories opowiadam o Polakach, których pewnie znasz, ale może nie wiesz, że byli Polakami. TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ: http://tinyurl.com/m6d3zzvf Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić tu: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Dziękuję!

Maria Skłodowska-Curie była chemiczką i fizyczką, laureatką dwóch Nagród Nobla i szalenie ciekawą osobą. Była też Polką, choć większość ludzi na świecie zna ją jako Francuzkę. W drugim sezonie Polish Stories opowiadam o Polakach, których pewnie znasz, ale może nie wiesz, że byli Polakami. TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ: http://tinyurl.com/vmp36vs4 Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić tu: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Dziękuję!

Zaczynamy drugi sezon podcastu Polish Stories - pięć odcinków o Polakach, których pewnie znasz, ale może nie wiesz, że byli Polakami. TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ: http://tinyurl.com/2rvkx34f Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Jeśli lubisz Polish Stories i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić tu: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Dziękuję!

W ostatnim odcinku pierwszego sezonu opowiadam o dwóch dziennikarzach i autorach wielu znakomitych książek reporterskich - poznaj Mariusza Szczygła i Wojciecha Tochmana. . Witaj w Polish Stories, podkaście dla cudzoziemek i cudzoziemców uczących się języka polskiego i kochających książki i filmy. Welcome to Polish Stories, a podcast for learners of the Polish language who love books & movies. . TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ (https://tinyurl.com/yuj2nu5x): https://tinyurl.com/yuj2nu5x Serwis internetowy Gazety Wyborczej: https://wyborcza.pl/ Wydawnictwo Dowody (które niedawno zmieniło nazwę z "Dowody na istnienie" na "Dowody" - gdy miałam już nagrany ten odcinek): https://dowody.com/ Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Produkcja i realizacja dźwięku: Podcastownia Ciekawości - www.podcastownia.pl, www.ciekawosc.to. Jeśli podoba Ci się mój podcast i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić na portalu BuyMeACoffee.com: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Bardzo dziękuję!

Hanna Krall i Ryszard Kapuściński to klasycy polskiego reportażu, których książki zostały przetłumaczone na wiele języków świata. . Witaj w Polish Stories, podkaście dla cudzoziemek i cudzoziemców uczących się języka polskiego i kochających książki i filmy. Welcome to Polish Stories, a podcast for learners of the Polish language who love books & movies. . TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ (https://tinyurl.com/3exz5sy5): https://tinyurl.com/3exz5sy5 Serwis internetowy tygodnika Polityka: https://www.polityka.pl/ Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Produkcja i realizacja dźwięku: Podcastownia Ciekawości - www.podcastownia.pl, www.ciekawosc.to. Jeśli podoba Ci się mój podcast i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić na portalu BuyMeACoffee.com: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Bardzo dziękuję!

Marek Hłasko zwany był polskim Jamesem Deanem. Ten popularny w latach 50. i 60. XX wieku pisarz żył krótko i intensywnie, a jego powieści i opowiadania przez wiele lat były zakazane w komunistycznej Polsce. . Witaj w Polish Stories, podkaście dla cudzoziemek i cudzoziemców uczących się języka polskiego i kochających książki i filmy. Welcome to Polish Stories, a podcast for learners of the Polish language who love books & movies. . TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ (https://tinyurl.com/vwz4yw4h): https://tinyurl.com/vwz4yw4h "Kołysanka Rosemary" Krzysztofa Komedy na YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRNX94fU94 Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Produkcja i realizacja dźwięku: Podcastownia Ciekawości - www.podcastownia.pl, www.ciekawosc.to. Jeśli podoba Ci się mój podcast i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić na portalu BuyMeACoffee.com: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Bardzo dziękuję!

Agnieszka Osiecka była wszechstronnie utalentowaną pisarką, poetką, autorką tekstów piosenek, dziennikarką i reżyserką filmową. Posłuchaj odcinka o jej barwnym życiu i kliknij w link poniżej, żeby posłuchać piosenek z jej tekstami. . Witaj w Polish Stories, podkaście dla cudzoziemek i cudzoziemców uczących się języka polskiego i kochających książki i filmy. Welcome to Polish Stories, a podcast for learners of the Polish language who love books & movies. . Piosenki z tekstami Agnieszki Osieckiej: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/70p5Dw7cDrSgfB6W4iSRgc TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ (https://tinyurl.com/3d798bxh): https://tinyurl.com/3d798bxh Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Produkcja i realizacja dźwięku: Podcastownia Ciekawości - www.podcastownia.pl, www.ciekawosc.to. Jeśli podoba Ci się mój podcast i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić na portalu BuyMeACoffee.com: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Bardzo dziękuję!

Dorota Masłowska to pisarka ciekawa, kontrowersyjna i nieustannie bawiąca się językiem. Jest też autorką sztuk teatralnych, tekstów piosenek i wokalistką. . Witaj w Polish Stories, podkaście dla cudzoziemek i cudzoziemców uczących się języka polskiego i kochających książki i filmy. Welcome to Polish Stories, a podcast for learners of the Polish language who love books & movies. . TRANSKRYPT ODCINKA ZNAJDZIESZ TUTAJ (https://tinyurl.com/2p92y95c): https://tinyurl.com/2p92y95c Teledysk do piosenki Masłowskiej "Chleb": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1-z48cJDbc Autorką Polish Stories jestem ja, Gosia Rokicka http://polishstories.net. Muzyka: Olak/Zakrocki. Produkcja i realizacja dźwięku: Podcastownia Ciekawości - www.podcastownia.pl, www.ciekawosc.to. Jeśli podoba Ci się mój podcast i chcesz mnie wesprzeć, możesz to zrobić na portalu BuyMeACoffee.com: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/polishstories. Bardzo dziękuję!

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Looking for an effective and efficient way to raise capital?   Marcin Drozdz joins us today to talk about the system that secured him 9 figures of private investment capital for several business ventures. An active investor with a several hundred unit real estate portfolio, Marcin developed the E.A.S.Y. system, and he breaks it down for us in this episode. He also shares the inspiring story of his family as immigrants in the United States and the mindset and values that led him to his current success.   [00:01 - 04:54] Getting in the Game Early Jumping into real estate in his mid-20s Transitioning from employee to entrepreneur A lesson he learned early on Find out if you're a finder, a minder, or a grinder   [04:55 - 11:12] E.A.S.Y. System to Raise Capital Building and maintaining rapport with your contacts Make them understand what's exciting and unique about the opportunity Talk to a lot of people Generate scarcity through demand Know the amount they're considering   [11:13 - 19:36] There is No Plan B Bring people along for the journey Have a “This is going to work” mindset Remove self-doubt and believe in your own worth and capabilities Look for the right inspiration and the right next step for you   [19:37 - 21:07] Closing Segment Reach out to Marcin! Check out the free E.A.S.Y. System Mini Course! Final Words Tweetable Quotes “Find your inspiration, the guy that's out there killing it at a level that you're just like, that's godly. That's God-like. Sure. But then bring that back to Earth and find that next peg on the ladder. That's somebody that can help you, you know, actually more directly.” - Marcin Drozdz “Never lie. Always use real numbers. Don't say things that aren't consistent, because it's a small sandbox… If you start making up stories, it's not going to work.” - Marcin Drozdz “If you don't put yourself in a position where you can speak with some authority on what you're doing, if you don't buy into and you don't believe what you're doing, you know, it's a really difficult thing to sell.” - Marcin Drozdz -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Connect with Marcin! Learn more about him and the E.A.S.Y. System by going to his website and downloading the free E.A.S.Y. System Mini Course!   Connect with me:   I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.   Facebook LinkedIn   Like, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on.  Thank you for tuning in! Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com   Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below:   Marcin Drozdz  00:00 Find your inspiration, the guy that's out there killing it at a level that you're just like, that's godly. That's God-like. Sure. But then bring that back to Earth and find that next peg on the ladder. That's somebody that can help you, you know actually more directly.   Intro  00:14 Welcome to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Show. Whether you are an active or passive investor, we'll teach you how to scale your real estate investing business into something big.   Sam Wilson  00:26 Marcin Drozdz is the managing partner of M1 Real Capital where he and his team focused on acquiring value add multifamily properties throughout the southeast. Marcin, welcome to the show.   Marcin Drozdz  00:36 Thank you, sir. That's quite an introduction. I appreciate I'm all excited now. Love it.   Sam Wilson  00:41 Great, man. I'm looking forward to it. There's three questions I ask every guest who comes on the show: in 90 seconds or less, can you tell me where did you start? Where are you now? And how did you get there?   Marcin Drozdz  00:49 Sure. I started out reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, probably like millions of other people, thought it was a good idea that I could figure it out, started buying houses while I was in college, got recruited into private equity on the real estate side. Probably brought me in a little young, but I'm glad they did got to immediately go from you know, looking at single-family homes, to multifamily land assemblies, commercial, recreation, just all kinds of stuff. So seeing that for a couple of years was tremendous. A couple of years after that broke out on my own, sort of putting together my own LPs trusts structures. And fast forward today, we focus on value ad today, primarily in the south and southeast.   Sam Wilson  01:32 But what a great way to get your early education in real estate   Marcin Drozdz  01:37 Drinking from a firehose, literally.   Sam Wilson  01:39 I'm sure it was but it didn't take you long. I mean, a couple of years is not a long time really to spend under somebody else's tutelage and then just go out and do it on your own. What were some of the things that finally pushed you over the edge and said, hey, I can repeat this.   Marcin Drozdz  01:52 Well, you know, what it was, the firm that I worked for was family-owned, good people, well-intentioned, but I knew that I would never be anything more than just a well-paid piece of the puzzle here, a cog in the machine. And you know, being young enough, maybe naive enough in my mid-20s at that point, I was like, You know what, I can do this. So, you know, went out on my own very quickly realized the things that I didn't know, as I left that space, because everything was kind of, in and around what you do, there's a ton of things that happened for you that I didn't really understand at that point. And then, you know, a couple of million dollars later, with my own money, a bunch of mistakes later, I finally realized, maybe I'm not, as you know, well-versed, you know, as I initially thought, but again, you know, you take your bumps along the way, you know, 37 now, so, you know, a lot of experience, a few gray hairs and all things considered, I'm glad I did it when I did,   Sam Wilson  02:43 What were some of the things just, you know, top of your mind that you say, Man, those were some of the early mistakes I made that somebody else could be spared from?   Marcin Drozdz  02:51 You know, the biggest thing is you got to recognize, if you're better, there's three types of people, there's finders, there's minders, and there's grinders. So that's probably the best way I'm able to articulate it. And you know, finders typically the front of the business, whether it's the deal side, the money side, it's the person that goes out and makes things happen. The minders are the operations, the ongoing maintenance, the making sure the buses run on time, so to speak, and everything happens the way it's supposed to. And then the grinders are the people that are typically just happy with the nine to five, or nine, and nine, or whatever it is, and they have a very specific role within an organization. And they're happy just to grind it out. They don't want to have to go outside of their parameters. So for me, I thought everybody thought like me when I left the PE space. And I very quickly realized that was not the case.   Sam Wilson  03:44 Which of those three do you put yourself in?   Marcin Drozdz  03:48 Well, when you start a business, you're all three, my friend, as you very well know. I'm definitely a finder, I love to find opportunity, find talent, find the right people around me and execute on a vision. But you definitely need to be aware of the fact that you need the minders, and you need the grinders to actually execute things. And that was probably for me, that was my biggest lesson in my 20s.    Sam Wilson  04:11 Yeah, that's a tough one. You're absolutely right. And I'm just a slow learner altogether. And so this is something that I've been actually researching quite a bit, because you're right, I've made the same assumption many over the years, like everybody thinks like me, like no, and goes back to the whole like visionary, integrator. And then there's just like you're saying, so like I would put the visionary is the finder or the integrator is the minder, and then kind of the employee person that just wants to be an employee as the grinder. And yeah, the idea of being just an employee, not just, being an employee and just kind of being happy with, you know, the way that things go, like, I don't understand that. And so because I can't relate to that myself. Like, I assume everyone's me that just wants to go, you know, go nuts and go find stuff and take deals. Yeah, that's just not the case. One of the things you're known for is the system you call the E.A.S.Y. System to Raise Capital for real estate deals. Can you break that down for us?   Marcin Drozdz  05:03 Sure, easy stands for Exclusive, Abundant, Scarce and Your allocation. So essentially, the system is part of a much larger process of how to find, nurture, maintain contacts and eventually get the commitment in a way where you don't, you know, you don't come across pushy, don't come across sales-y. It's very consultative, very process-driven. And ultimately, as you very well know, just because somebody isn't a fit for a deal today, doesn't mean that they won't be a fit in three months, or three years for that matter. So how you approach that situation, how you maintain that rapport with that person is, I mean, it's everything it really is, you know, everything I'm at 16 years now, and you end up getting a compounding benefit for all the work you do early on. And if you do it in, you know, if you always approach things from I'm here for a long time, not just a good time perspective, then you'll have that flow. So the E, the exclusive is your deal. So in other words, so many people, when they tie up the deal, they totally undersell it when they're explaining it to somebody else, or they focus on the wrong things that most people don't understand. So I can't tell you how many of our students or some of my partners are like, yeah, like going in cap rate is X, and we're going to come out at Y, and the replacement costs is Zed, and here's why that matters. And I'm just like, dude, honestly, I understand. But the business owner that's trying to give you 250 grand, is just gonna stare at you and go, Oh, okay. And a confused mind doesn't buy, right. So exclusive is, you know, break it down to a level of what would have got you excited about the opportunity. If you didn't understand real estate, for example, is it on Main & Main? Is it one of the last remaining buildings before the codes change? Is it of a certain size, a certain stature? Is there certain finish within the units? Are there certain opportunities for you to do things to add value that is unique in your market, in your city, in your state, whatever it is. Like, focus on the things that the everyday person can understand. Like, if you tell me, hey, the rents in this area are $800. And if we just put new counters down the guy down the streets renting for 1200, I can understand that, you can tell me that the cap rate is going to go from X to Y, but I'm just going to stare at you and go okay. So that's exclusive. Abundant is make sure you have a ton of people to talk to. So in other words, just because you don't have a deal, doesn't mean you shouldn't be talking to investors about past deals, things you're looking at. Because when you do have that deal, and you can call somebody and say, Listen, you know, I have this deal. It's exclusive, because of these reasons, I have X amount of people that I need to talk to. But I know you told me you want to hear about this. So here we are. And then S for scarcity is, so we're only looking for $2 million. Our average investment is you know, let's just say 150,000. So we're probably looking for another eight or so investors in the opportunity. And then the Y. So scarcity got to create, you know, if you're doing a great deal, and it's exclusive, and you've got tons of people to talk to there's natural scarcity, both within the amount of allocation somebody can take, and the amount of room you have for people because of the size of the deal. So then, you know, you'll obviously have a conversation back and forth to that person. And when you think it's appropriate, you can say, Look, I know you still got to do your due diligence, I got to send you the package, you gotta review everything. But if everything does check out, what amount would you potentially consider investing, like, ask for some kind of a soft... So again, I'm oversimplifying all this, Sam. But all of this breaks down to a process that has helped me secure well into nine figures in capital. And whether you're raising 50,000, 500,000, or commitment for $5 million, it really is the same process.   Sam Wilson  08:44 I love that. It's not playing mind games. I don't want to use that word, but it is a process. And it's getting used to even some of your phrasing there, I think is really unique. Just you know, where it's like, hey, you know what, we're only asking for two and a half million dollars. That's all the raise is average investment, would you say? 150 grand is your example.   Marcin Drozdz  09:02 Yeah, I mean, whatever it is for you, right? It's 25. It's 25. It's 50. It's 50. It's 250 or whatever, it makes it real for you. By the way, never lie. Never BS. Always use real numbers. Don't say things that aren't consistent, because it's a small sandbox, as you and I both know, Sam, and, you know, if you start making up stories, it's not going to work.   Sam Wilson  09:22 What was the Y in the E.A.S.Y.?   Marcin Drozdz  09:25 The Y? I'll tell you why I created two, but the Y is your allocation. So in other words, it's asking for some kind of a call to action. So in other words, when you're talking to somebody can say, Look, I know you got to look through the package or lawyer or accountant, whatever it is, but if everything does check out what amount would you potentially be considering? And that's, you know, soft commit, I mean, in PE it's a soft commit. So in other words, you know, because you got to give them the opportunity to do their due diligence, obviously, to make sure they're qualified and make sure they can, you know, comply with the rules with your lawyers and everything else and make sure everything's done clean. But if at all didn't checkout, what amount would they be considering? Because if someone isn't considering it, they would tell you there, you know, but if they're already telling me I love it, if it all checks out, I'd probably do 100-200, then that's a good indicator of at least somebody who's semi-serious.   Sam Wilson  10:14 Right. I really liked that. I mean, that breaks it down into a very easy-to-understand step-by-step process for people who are out there raising capital. It sounds like maybe this was developed for you just because you needed something that was repeatable.    Marcin Drozdz  10:29 So when I left PE, again, I started thinking that I could do things my own way. And there were various forms that encouraged us to incorporate what I've now coined as the E.A.S.Y. system. But I had a property, I personally had three properties that I was closing in a month. And these were smaller properties. I remember my investor in the last week or so decided to pull out. And it was like, you ever see the movie, Jerry Maguire or buddy gets fired in the restaurant, and he just doesn't know what to do next. That was my Jerry Maguire moment. So, you know, I sweated it out, I figured it out. But after that, I swore and we closed on the properties. But after that, I swore to myself, I would never put myself in a position like that again, and at a sheer necessity created this thing.   Sam Wilson  11:11 Yeah, absolutely. I love that. Tell me some other lessons, you know that you would say that you've incorporated? I mean, raising nine figures is no small amount of money. Is there anything else that comes to top of mind? You said, Hey, here's some other things I've learned along the way.   Marcin Drozdz  11:24 Yeah, I think the best way to sum it up is dig your well before you get thirsty. And I forget where I heard that I didn't coin that, I read that in a book somewhere in the author's... The origin of that escaped me. So for that, I apologize. But that saying to me, it was always resonated true on the fundraising side. So many people wait till they have a deal in hand before they start talking to people. My whole thing is bring people along for your journey, because you don't know if it's going to take someone three days, three months, or even three years to finally decide to engage with you. So if you can share your journey, and I mean, you do it well, other people, you know, some people attempt to do it well. You add value, do video walkthroughs. I mean, just the last property we were buying. As we were doing some of the rentals, I literally just FaceTimed with some of the investors, some of the buddies of mine, as guys were working on-site, I was just walking through the site with a hard hat on and just like, hey, so here are the new units. Here's this, here's this, buddy's not available, that's fine, crank out a two, three-minute video. And understand it's not very professional, because they get the professional newsletters and the quarterly updates and things like this as well. But on top of that, they feel like they're part of the journey when you share that type of authentic, you know, here's what's going on with your money in this project. So bring people along for the journey. And again, if you did that, well before you're thirsty, when you do have an opportunity, those people that have responded favorably to past things, it's a much easier transition, because they're already engaged in your world to some extent.   Sam Wilson  12:52 Absolutely. And that's something, taking your advice to heart even, I started a year and a half ago, like I never had a regular newsletter, right? But it's been for a year now we've sent out every single, almost a year, every single Friday 10 am my newsletter goes out. And you know, Marcin, I haven't closed the deal since September of 2021. But we're constantly talking. But now we've got three deals under contract, right? And it's just like, hang on, like it's coming. Here's the things we're working on. And at times, it feels like Gosh, what do I talk about? I mean, really aren't doing a deal, right? Other than the deals we have, you know, in operation, like we're not doing something actively. But yeah, keeping that lead warm, because it's like, Hey, here's all the stuff we're actually still doing out here, even though we're not presenting deals, because there's nothing that made sense for us. But then all of a sudden, you know, out of the blue, and now we got three deals all at once. And so you know, having that prep ahead of time, I think is just really absolutely key. Talk to us a little bit about maybe your mindset. You seem to indicate or at least I hear that there's a mindset. Is that a true statement?    Marcin Drozdz  13:52 It is. You know, it's interesting, because to me, when I started in this business, I knew that it was going to work. I wasn't sure how I, just in my mind, I was already wired that this is happening, this is going to work. And that's probably due to the fact that I mean quick story about me. I was born in communist Poland and my parents, my dad got arrested for selling corn on the black market corn with a C, those of you...   Sam Wilson  14:17 P as in Papa I'm like, okay. Charlie, corn.   Marcin Drozdz  14:21 C as in Charlie. In Polish, it's called kukurydza. So, the point is my dad was selling this stuff. And during communist times, you couldn't run a business. So he got arrested, they were going to send him to jail. He didn't like that too much. So he and my mom and I was a couple of months old at the time, they ran off to East Germany, and eventually migrated to North America. Well, when I finally got out of Poland, it was because my grandpa snuck me out four years later, so I didn't see my parents for four years. They stuck me out, literally drove me across the border, you know, quote, unquote, legally in the trunk. And we came to North America settled down, but my point is when we got here, there was no plan B. There was no safety net. There was no relatives. There was no family, there was no friends. So the language was foreign. I mean, I spoke Polish and German and now learn English, right? So I always grew up with no plan B. And that forced me to whatever I'm doing, this is going to work. And so mindset is so important for people. Because if you don't put yourself in a position where you can speak with some authority on what you're doing, if you don't buy into and you don't believe what you're doing, you know, it's a really difficult thing to sell, especially for fundraising. If you think about it, you're not giving so, like, when somebody invests with you, they're not getting a house, they're not getting a car, they're not getting anything tangible there that says that they own a piece of this apartment building, or warehouse or trailer park, or whatever it is. And that's it. So it's so important to make sure that you have the mindset that you feel like you're worthy, you're capable, you're competent. And that element of self-doubt has to, over a period of time, leave the mind, because I can tell you right now, when I raised that first $5,000, I was more terrified when I was downtown New York, getting a term sheet for 25 or $50. million, like, but the process is the same. So what change? Obviously, my knowledge, my competence created confidence, which is something I say all the time, but it's the mindset to know that you're worthy of that. And consistency is what's going to give you that. If you think that, you know, if you have feelings, like why are people going to invest with me? I can't find any deals. Do I really know what I'm doing? What if I screw up? Like, if you go into conversations with those thoughts, then you're already shooting yourself in the foot. And that mindset piece is a starting point, it is everything. It really is.   Sam Wilson  16:44 That's an incredible story. First of all, and I love the comment there. You said there's no Plan B, it's the burning of the ships. And it's like, Well, guys, no option. This is what you have to do. What do you say to someone that, you know, is struggling with those things, or, you know, maybe, you know, hasn't done enough deals to really be able to say, hey, you know what, this is how I can confidently, you know, lead on this? What do you do for those people? Or how do they develop that?   Marcin Drozdz  17:13 So, Sam, look, we're all struggling with things. We're all in different scenarios where sometimes we feel like we're not equipped or prepared. I mean, I'll give you an example. I was on the phone with a fund manager at in New York right before, actually right when COVID hit. And he's talking to me, I'm walking through where we're at where we're going, and I'm you know, I'm looking for equity, right, large checks. He says to me, he goes, Well, what's your asset size? And I tell him and he goes, Okay, so look, you're a little small. For me, I go really? Like how much? He goes, well, our smallest client is 1 billion. And I just laughed, I go, okay. So I actually said to him, I go, so what you're telling me is I'm trying to get from the kids' table to the grown-up table, and you won't let me yet. He just starts laughing, right. But the point is, look, whether you're at 100,000, a million, 10 million, 100 million, there's always someone that's going to make you feel like you're at the kids' table. And my advice is to get that person or those people just a little bit ahead of you, or maybe a little bit more ahead of you, when you get to know these people, you'll see that they're just like you and me, we're the same. And when you can see that it's attainable. You get past those self-doubting components. Because yeah, if you see guys on Instagram, or YouTube and buddy's buying Lamborghinis, private jets, whatever it is, and he's billion dollars, whatever it is. And you're like, dude, I'm just trying to buy, you know, a 10 Plex, so that I can put my daughter through college, there's a disconnect there. It's such a huge disconnect, that that's not your man. I mean, those are great people for like inspiration. But that's not the next step for you. The next step for you is the guy or girl that's already at 40-50 units, and trying to get to 100, or something along those lines. So find people that are just ahead of you, or maybe slightly ahead of you to actually have some real connection to be able to engage in growth, because otherwise, you know, there's nothing more, you know, okay, I want to play in the NFL. Great. I'm gonna go play with Brady. Yeah, right. Come on, right, like the guys doing, you know, so I have people call me sometimes and they want to play and I go, Look, you know, it sounds like you want to do algebra, but I need you to learn how to count first, like, you got to work your way up. Right? So the best action item is to find people like yeah, find your inspiration, the guy that's out there killing it at a level that you're just like, that's godly. That's God-like, sure. But then bring that back to Earth and find that next peg on the ladder that somebody that can help you, you know, actually more directly, I think.   Sam Wilson  19:37 I love it, Marcin, thanks for taking the time to come on today. I certainly learned a lot. I've loved hearing your story. All the things that you've been involved in, you know, ideas on how to develop a system for raising capital, just, you know, coming from the institutional side than just going out and doing it the idea that we don't need a plan B. We just need a really good plan A and to go execute. So I've certainly enjoyed having you come on today. If our listeners want to get in touch with you or learn more about you, what is the best way to do that?   Marcin Drozdz  20:04 Best way to do that is my website marcindrozdz.com. And then for those of your listeners who want to pick up the E.A.S.Y. System, or at least get introduced to it, because there's a lot more to it than we talked about, I've got a free download there. There's a mini-course there on the website. It's free to anybody so they can go on my website marcindrozdz.com. Hopefully you can spell that in the show notes for them. And they can download the E.A.S.Y. System. It's a 15-20 minutes set of video tutorials that will walk them through the specifics of that.   Sam Wilson  20:31 Yep, absolutely. Yeah, look for marcindrozdz.com. We will put the spelling exactly of that in the show notes. Marcin, thank you again for your time. Certainly enjoyed it.   Marcin Drozdz  20:39 Really appreciate it. Thanks, Sam.   Sam Wilson  20:41 Hey, thanks for listening to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Podcast. If you can do me a favor and subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, whatever platform it is you use to listen, if you can do that for us, that would be a fantastic help to the show. It helps us both attract new listeners as well as rank higher on those directories so appreciate you listening. Thanks so much and hope to catch you on the next episode.  

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee    Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1844 Birth of Helene Cramer, German landscape and flower painter.  Helen and her sister Molly were both painters in Hamburg, Germany. Their father, Cesar, disapproved of them as painters, so the two women didn't start painting until middle age. (Helen was 38 when she first picked up a brush.)  Helen and Molly exhibited their art throughout Germany and at the 1883 World's Fair in Chicago. Most folks say that their favorite Helene Cramer painting is her work called "Marsh Marigolds and Crown Imperials." In 1916, Helen died at 72. She and Molly are buried in Plot 27 of the "Garten der Frauen," or the Garden of Women at the Hamburg Ohlsdorf cemetery.   1888 Birth of Harry Saier, American nurseryman, printer, and garden writer. In 1911, Harry started his seed company in Lansing, Michigan. A 1916 newspaper ad encouraged women to "help beautify Lansing by a pretty home garden." Harry pledged,  We supply everything necessary for making your home and lawn a beauty spot. We have assembled a rare collection of beautiful shrubs, trees, flowers and seeds. Lovers of horticulture will find much to interest them here. By the fall of that same year, Harry posted an ad for: [A] lady to canvass city for shrubs, seeds and garden supplies. Harry acquired a new building at 3 West Michigan Avenue for his florist shop three years later. Newspapers reported that, A resplendent posy shop [was] to open. One of the features of the... shop will be an icebox, which will be the largest in the state of Michigan for its purpose. It will measure twelve [by six and made] entirely of glass and... decorated with German silver trimmings.  ...The new marble tables... will be arranged about a large fountain which will occupy the center of the building.  In 1926, Harry moved his operation to the century farm he bought on highway 99 in Dimondale. Harry was known for producing his exceptional and exhaustive garden catalog. He included a pronunciation list, plant descriptions, and miscellaneous advice.  Throughout the 40s, 50s, and 60s, if someone were looking for a plant or seeds, they would usually find their way to Harry as their last best hope. Katherine White wrote about Harry's work in her book Onward and Upward in the Garden: Consider the case of Harry E. Saier, who issues three or four catalogues a year, each of them listing as many as eighteen hundred genera and eighteen thousand kinds of seed.  Mr. Saier is not a grower but a collector and distributor of seeds... [he] primarily depends on his two hundred seed collectors, who are stationed all over the world, and on commercial growers from many countries. There is nothing beautiful about his latest catalogue and its hundred and seventy-six pages of small-print lists, interspersed with occasional dim photographs, but it is fascinating to browse in, translating, if you can, the abbreviations made necessary by lack of space.  ...His global lists of clients include nurseries, greenhouses, seedsmen, universities, botanical gardens, and drug manufacturers, but a third of them, he tells me, are amateurs like you and me.  And just to spark your nostalgia for simpler times, listen to Elizabeth Lawrence describe ordering from Harry. I find most plantsmen send their wares without cash, even when they have never heard of you, but I certainly would never ask them to. I am always in debt to Mr. Saier because he sends things at odd times, and I wake up in the night and remember that I have owed him a quarter for three years. After Harry died in 1976, JL Hudson inherited Harry's seed collection. Harry's Dimondale property is now a cemetery.   2017 On this day, the Beijing Crabapple Conference began. Conference-goers toured the Crabapple Garden, which featured many American cultivars like Brandywine, Cinderella, Molten Lava, Lollipop, and Madonna - all varieties created by Jim Zampini, a beloved nurseryman from Lake County, Ohio. During the conference, attendees learned that Jim had passed away at 85. Today, Jim's legacy lives on in his fantastic crabapple varieties like Centurion, Harvest Gold, Lancelot Dwarf, Sugar Tyme, and the Weeping Candied Apple. Generally speaking, a crabapple tree takes two to five years to bear fruit. Crabapples differ from standard apple trees in that they offer smaller fruit. Apples that are less than 2 inches in diameter are considered crabapples. And, Crabapples rarely grow taller than 25 feet high. If you want to plant a mini-orchard of Crabapple trees, space the saplings six to fifteen feet apart depending on the variety - plant tighter if you are planting dwarf or more upright varieties. Right now, crabapple trees are just starting to bloom in our 2022 gardens. Most gardeners agree that few flowering trees can rival the charm of a crabapple tree in flower. In Polish folklore, apple trees were considered dream trees. Sleeping under an apple tree was sure to cause a dream-filled sleep. And, placing an apple under a maiden's pillow could induce a dream of her future husband. In English folklore, crabapple seeds (called pips) were thrown into the fire on Valentine's Eve while chanting your true love's name. If the pips explode, your love will be true and will last forever.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation A Naturalist's Book of Wildflowers by Laura Martin  This book came out in 2021, and the subtitle is Celebrating 85 Native Plants in North America. Great topic. Before I tell you about this book, I want to point out Laura's incredible talent. She got her degree in botany from the University of Georgia, and she has worked as a naturalist at Georgia's Callaway Gardens. She even has a certificate in botanical art and illustration from the New York Botanical Gardens. And get this — she's published 25 books. When you see the cover of Laura's book, it's all the more special when you realize that she did all of the illustrations herself. Laura dedicated this book to her grandchildren, and I wanted to share with you what she wrote in the introduction because it gives us a little insight into Laura as a person. She writes. I have spent my entire life loving wildflowers. I grew up in the woods on the outskirts of the city and because my mother was a wildflower enthusiast, I became one too. So we have another great example of the love of flowers, the love of gardening, being passed down from one generation to the next.   And then Laura continues. I eventually acquired a bachelor's degree in botany and then a certification in botanical illustration. And the result is a naturalist book of wildflowers, celebrating 85 native plants of North America. And the celebration features scientific text, interesting folklore, detailed botanical drawings and whimsical sketches I have learned to look at plants from many different angles. And I'm happy to share this perspective with you.   As a gardener, I know you are going to love Laura's book, but even if you aren't all that much into gardening, don't be bashful about cracking open this book. Laura introduces us to these plants in a very, very friendly fashion. She's got one little paragraph called just a little botany, and she writes, Although it's not essential to know botany to appreciate wildflowers, it might make it a little more fun and interesting. And botany is just the study of plants.   It's that gentle, conversational tone that I think you're really going to like in Laura's book. There's one other aspect that I want to share with you about this book. Laura adds all these little images - these little doodles - in the margins. Laura also includes these incredible drawings of her subjects. She has the plant's name, and then underneath, in a script font, she has the Latin name for the plant. While the drawing of the plant is beautiful, of course, it is the text that she puts around the plant and the way that she places this information that I think makes these drawings extra unique. For instance, when she's talking about the Bellwort at the very top, she says it's 12 to 20 inches high in a script font, making you feel like you're looking at somebody's scrapbook. These little snippets are just marvelous and full of information and Laura's gentle perspective that you won't find in many other books. The publisher writes, A charmingly illustrated, keepsake and guide to native wild plants of North America.   This book is truly a delight. It's 288 pages of North American wildflowers in their myriad colors. By the way, Laura organized this book by plant color, which is so helpful. So if you have a blue garden or a pink garden, you'll be able to find the wildflowers of that color and then look up the ones you want to grow in your garden. You can get a copy of A Naturalist's Book of Wildflowers by Laura Martin and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $8.   Botanic Spark 1963 Every year on this day, April 14th, Japan celebrates Drew Day in honor of Kathleen Drew-Baker, a British phycologist. Phycology is the study of algae, and Kathleen was the first president of the British Phycological Society.  She was utterly devoted to learning everything about these often dismissed sea plants. Although she was forced to give up lecturing at the University of Manchester after getting married (the college did not allow married women to work), Kathleen continued as an unpaid researcher. Two decades later, in 1949, Kathleen figured out the mysterious life cycle of a red algae known as Welsh Porphyra ("POR-fer-ah") - commonly called laver ("LAY-vur"). Kathleen had tried repeatedly to grow laver in the lab to no avail. In a stroke of luck, she decided to toss some oyster shells in the bottom of the tank with the laver spores. Soon the oyster shells were covered in pink sludge. Unsure what to make of it, Kathleen feared she had contaminated her work. But she soon realized that the sludge was simply the juvenile part of the laver life cycle. The shells provided shelter for the seeds. When Kathleen's discovery was published in Nature magazine, a Japanese biologist named Sokichi Segawa realized that she had probably just cracked the code on cultivating seaweed. For centuries, Japan had harvested a sister variety of laver to make sushi. But the Japanese seaweed variety was getting harder and harder to source in the wild. It had all but disappeared after WWII. What the Japanese didn't realize was how important shells on the seafloor were to the seaweed lifecycle. American underwater mines from WWII, typhoons, and pollution meant that bivalves like oysters, scallops, and mussels were in scarce supply. Without the shells, the Japanese red seaweed called nori couldn't reproduce. Kathleen's understanding of the seaweed lifecycle meant that the Japanese now knew how successfully farm nori seaweed, creating a stable supply for sushi. It also meant that Japanese fisherman could feed their hungry, recovering nation and make a living. Her discovery also led to the commercial practice of collecting oyster shells for seeding seaweed. After Kathleen's work proved successful, Japanese nori fishermen took up a collection for a statue to honor Kathleen. But before she could sit for the artist, Kathleen died of cancer at 55. On April 14, 1963, the Japanese unveiled a memorial to Kathleen - a slab of granite inset with a metal plaque with Kathleen's likeness that overlooks the Ariake Sea. Kathleen's scientific papers and graduation garb were buried on site. To this day, the Japanese lay an offering of seaweed at Kathleen's shrine every April 14th.  While the rest of the world is largely unaware of Kathleen Drew-Baker, in Japan, Kathleen is remembered as the Mother of the Sea.    Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

Cześć! Hello. Today we start something new - lessons carried out in English. So, I am very excited. Usually, episodes of this podcast are recorded entirely in Polish. This episode will differ. It will look more like a lesson with some grammatical explanations so I decided it would be better to do it in English. Today we will be talking about the future tense. In Polish, there are two future tenses: simple and compound. The simple future is used with perfective verbs, the compound is used with imperfectives. In this episode we will be talking about the compound future. Full transcript of this episode is available on Podcastpolski.pl You can also watch today's episode on You Tube --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcastpolski/message

Chicago-based industrial, electronic, ONE WOMAN ARMY, I Ya Toyah blends the chaos and balance with a familiar vibe of industrial electronica sound. The meaning behind the name I Ya Toyah sustains these values- when spoken out loud. In Polish it means "It's Just Me." Her logo art emerging from peace and anarchy symbols highlights the rebel psyche, her true nature. Her music is a fusion of smooth, cutting edge vocals, surreal guitars, hypnotizing beats and multiple electronic synth elements arising into dark arrangements that, combined with storytelling lyrics, respond to the paranoia of everyday reality. I Ya Toyah released her self-written and produced debut album in 2018 called “Code Blue” which received immediate attention by the music industry.  In 2020 she released the remix project for the “Code Blue” album which included a  collaboration with Rhys Fulber of Conjure One and Front Line Assembly. Her latest album is called “Out of Order” released in 2021. More recently, her track called “Pray” has been remixed by Stabbing Westwardhttps://www.iyatoyah.com https://iyatoyah.bandcamp.comBe sure to subscribe to my monthly mailing list for the latest music news especially coming up for December my updates and my next interviews and events:http://eepurl.com/gtw6PP

In Polish popular imagination, the Warsaw between world wars spells glitz and glamour: a gleaming, cultured metropolis dancing its twilight years away. Jan P Matuszyński's new TV series, The King of Warsaw, is a lush homage to this elegance and vibrancy, as well as the rich mix of cultures which lent the city its flair. The series can be viewed on the SBS on demand platform. - Warszawa w serialu "Król" na podstawie powieści Szczepana Twardocha a w reżyserii Jana P. Matuszyńskiego to miasto posępne, skąpane w zbrodni, targane namiętnościami oraz intrygami politycznymi. Miasto przerażającej nędzy i odrażającego bogactwa. Serial można obejrzeć na platformie SBS on demand.

Today we celebrate a German landscape and flower painter who was forbidden to paint by her father. We'll also learn about a self-taught botanist who spent nearly a dozen years in the Amazon rainforest. We hear an excerpt about spring from the man who wrote A Farewell to Arms. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about one of the 19th-century’s top botanical illustrators. And then we’ll wrap things up with a little story from the 2017 Beijing Crabapple Conference.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated News My Trees: Alive, Dead, or In-Between? Evaluating Plants 2 Months After Texas Freeze | Pam Penick   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events April 14, 1844 Today is the birthday of the German landscape and flower painter Helene Cramer who was born on this day in 1844. Helen and her sister Molly were both painters in Hamburg, Germany. Their father, Cesar, forbade his daughters to become painters. And so, the two sisters didn’t start painting until middle age. Helen was 38 when she first picked up a brush. Her primary subject with flowers. After studying with other artists and painters, Helen and Molly exhibited their art throughout Germany and at the 1883 World's Fair in Chicago. Most gardeners say that their favorite painting of Helene’s is her work called "Marsh Marigolds and Crown Imperials." When Helen died in 1916, she was 72 years old. Both she and her sister are buried in Plot 27 of the "Garten der Frauen," Or the garden of women at the Hamburg Ohlsdorf cemetery.   April 14, 2020 On this day the book, A Naturalist in the Amazon: The Journals & Writings of Henry Walter Bates was published. Unlike many of his scientist friends and peers, Henry was entirely self-taught. Early in his career, Henry met the great English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. By 1848, Henry and Alfred left England to explore the Amazon Rainforest. While Henry stayed in the Rainforest for eleven years, Alfred returned to England after four years- though all of Alfred’s specimens and notes were lost at sea on his voyage home. After the ship he was on caught fire and sank, Alfred and the crew were rescued after ten days adrift in the Atlantic. During his eleven years in the Rainforest in Brazil, Henry collected butterflies, and he sent back a whopping 15,000 insect specimens - with over half of his collection listed as brand new discoveries. As Henry wrapped up his time in the Rainforest, he had survived both yellow fever and malaria in addition to many other uncomfortable maladies. Toward the end, it’s not surprising to read that Henry had grown weary of the enormous challenges of life as an explorer. He wrote, “I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilized world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters, parcels of books and periodicals, and towards the latter part of my residence from ill-health arising from bad and insufficient food.” In the end - after a dozen years away from family, friends, and civilization - Henry Bates, the great Naturalist, could not ignore what had been building in his heart: he was lonely. He wrote, “I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the human heart and mind.” In 2014, Henry’s Amazon notebooks were digitized, and they are now online to view from the Natural History Museum Library. And in 2018, Henry’s remarkable story was shared in an IMAX film called Amazon Adventure.   Unearthed Words “With so many trees in the city, you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. This was the only truly sad time in Paris because it was unnatural. You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees, and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days, though, the spring always came finally, but it was frightening that it had nearly failed.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast   Grow That Garden Library James Sowerby by Paul Henderson This book came out in 2016, and the subtitle is The Enlightenment's Natural Historian. In this book, Paul Henderson introduces us to James Sowerby -  arguably one of the best botanical illustrators during the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries. One of the reasons James was such a successful artist, was no doubt due to his extremely high intellect. He was also one of the period's most knowledgeable natural historians. Paul introduces James this way: “This book is the story of a remarkable man. Unusual and his breath of scientific interest which he applied successfully; unusual in his desire to learn throughout his life and to impart his knowledge widely;  unusual and going against the current practices by being at one - at the same time his own researcher, writer, illustrator, teacher, publisher and bookseller; unusual in his considerable output of innovative, high-quality and influential works; and unusual in becoming the patriarch of a successful line of natural historians.” I've talked about James numerous times on the show. He teamed up with numerous botanists during his lifetime, and his illustrations Grace the pages of many of their books. As for James, his Masterpiece was called Sowerby's Botany -  a detailed 36-volume reference on the plants of England. Of course, the book also included over 2,500 hand-colored illustrations. This book is 336 pages of the first-time biography of an incredible artist and scientist: James Sowerby. You can get a copy of James Sowerby by Paul Henderson and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $40   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart April 14, 2017 On this day, the Beijing Crabapple Conference began. Visitors toured the Crabapple Garden during the conference, which featured many new American cultivars of crabapples like Brandywine, Cinderella, Molten Lava, Lollipop, and Madonna - all of which were created by the respected and admired nurseryman from Lake County, Ohio, Jim Zampini. During the conference, attendees were sad to learn that Jim had passed away at the age of 85. Today, Jim’s legacy lives on in his fantastic crabapple varieties like Centurion, Harvest Gold, Lancelot Dwarf, Sugar Tyme, and the Weeping Candied Apple. Crabapples are small, deciduous trees with densely woven branches that feature fragrant and beautiful white, pink, or red petals when they bloom in the spring. Self-sterile crabapples rely on bees and other insects for pollination. The trees rarely grow taller than 25 feet high. Generally speaking, it takes two to five years for a crabapple tree to bear fruit. Crabapples differ from standard apple trees in that they offer smaller fruit. Apples that are less than 2 inches in diameter are considered crabapples. If you want to plant a mini-orchard of Crabapple trees, space the saplings 6 to 15 feet apart. Group them on the closer end of the range if you are planting dwarf or more upright varieties. Crabapple trees are just beginning to come into bloom in our 2021 gardens. When they are in flower, few flowering trees can rival their charm. In Polish folklore, apple trees were considered dream trees. Sleeping under apple trees was thought to create a dream-filled sleep. And, placing an apple under a maiden’s pillow could induce a dream of her future husband. In English folklore, crabapple seeds or pips were thrown into the fire on Valentine’s Eve while chanting the name of your true love. If the pips explode, your love will be true and will last forever.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Citizens have the power to change. They can make the right choices in buying those products that are recyclable or contain recycled content, says Jan Huitema Dutch politician, Member of the European Parliament and the rapporteur for the new Circular Economy Action Plan in an interview with Karolina Zbytniewska, the editor-in-chief of EURACTIV Poland. Written version of the interview:

Gruszki na wierzbie!English Phonemes: “GROO[SZ]-kee nah VYE[Ż]-byeh”Literal Translation: Pears on willow.Elegant Translation: Pears on a willow tree.English Equivalent: To promise the moon.In Polish, we don’t promise the moon or the world, we promise to deliver pears on a willow tree. You can use this phrase the same way as the English counterparts :-)Enjoy!Gruszki = pears [noun, f. pl. subj. form]Na = on/onto [preposition]Wierzbie = willow tree [noun, f. s. obj. form]Support the show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/howyousayfmEmail us! mailbag@howyousay.fmTweet us! @HowYouSayFMSubscribe to our YouTube Channel!Rate the show!Visit the website! www.howyousay.fmPermalink

Let's talk about a TV series Atypical. In Polish of course! Enjoy! :)You can find a full transcript of this episode on my blog: https://wp.me/p4D8ou-1adIf you like my podcast, support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ioannesoculusIn the podcast, I used "Sing Swing Bada Bing" Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions; source: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music (attribution not required)

:17 - In Polish traditions, the day after Easter is known as Dyngus Day. And while it’s a relatively new holiday in America, it dates back hundreds of years in Poland. Tony is Polish and all about Dyngus Day, which is typically celebrated in certain Cleveland area neighborhoods. 5:17 - Perhaps the most polarizing topic with parents these days has been vaccinations, and because of this, measles has made an unfortunate comeback. Dr. Tim Brown from Cleveland Clinic-Akron General stopped by to talk about the measles outbreak and the information surrounding vaccines. 15:26 - Our veterinarian Dr. Gary Riggs talked about issues involving older dogs and ailing hind legs. 21:04 - We lost Glen Campbell two years ago, but he was born on this date in 1936, and Ray spoke of the Rhinestone Cowboy’s impact on the entertainment world in the 1960s and ‘70s.

I love learning and studying. In Polish 'studiować' means first and foremost studying at university. This episode will explain you shortly how this part of the education system works. Enjoy! :)You can find a full transcript of this episode and some exercises to review grammar and vocabulary on my blog: https://wp.me/p4D8ou-WDIf you like my podcast, support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ioannesoculusIn the podcast, I used "Sing Swing Bada Bing" Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions; source: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music (attribution not required)This is a podcast for people learning Polish. It's aimed to help you achieve your language goals and improve your listening comprehension skills.To jest podcastem dla uczących się polskiego. Jego celem jest pomóc w osiąganiu celów językowych oraz podnieść umiejętności rozumienia ze słuchu.

I hope that the thirteenth episode will be a lucky one. Today's topic is sleeping and dreaming when you sleep. In Polish the word 'sen' means a dream while you sleep. We often wish our children 'słodkich snów' (sweet dreams) before they go to bed. There is a lot of idiomatic vocabulary and phrases in the episode, so brace yourselves! Enjoy! :)Check out the full transcript of this episode, vocabulary, grammar and other resources on my blog! https://wp.me/p4D8ou-WdIf you like my podcast, support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ioannesoculusMusic used in the podcast:"Sing Swing Bada Bing" Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions; source: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music (attribution not required)This is a podcast for people learning Polish. It's aimed to help you achieve your language goals and improve your listening comprehension skills.To jest podcastem dla uczących się polskiego. Jego celem jest pomóc w osiąganiu celów językowych oraz podnieść umiejętności rozumienia ze słuchu.

In Polish we call free time "wolny czas". This episode is about what we can do in this free time. There are also some useful verbs used in the text. I tried to conjugate some of them for you!On my blog, you can find a full transcript of this episode and some exercises to review grammar and vocabulary: https://wp.me/p4D8ou-S0In the podcast, I used the file Hoerspielwerkstatt_HEF from freesound.org.

Słoń nastąpił ci na ucho?English Phonemes: “swoh[ń] nah-ST[Ą]-peew chee nah OO-hoh”Literal Translation: Elephant stepped on to you on ear?Elegant Translation: Did an elephant step on your ear?English Equivalent: “You have no ear for music.” Or “Are you tone deaf?”This is a playful way to tease someone when they've missed a note while singing, or can't keep time to a rhythm, or sounds tone deaf. Don't use this with people you don't know! Not only is the case informal (using "ty" you-form instead of 3rd person addressee form), it's also obviously rude to come at strangers with criticisms about their musical prowess when you don't even know them.Notice the structure of the sentence. The word "ci" doesn't mean "your", it means "you", the idea being you got stepped on on the ear, which is different than "twoje ucho" which DOES mean "your ear". In Polish, it's worth noting, you will frequently see things constructed this way. Saying "you got stepped on on the ear" and "your ear got stepped on" is synonymous in English, too.słoń = elephant [singular subject form]nastąpił = he/she/it stood on or stepped on [3rd person singular of nastąpić (to take place/occur/come/tread/supervene - depending on context)]ci = to you, on you [object form of ‘you’]na = onucho = ear [singular, object form]Email us! mailbag@howyousay.fmVisit the website! www.howyousay.fmTweet us! @HowYouSayFMRate the show!

This time of year, we gather and celebrate the holidays with family and friends. For members of our family, this is a particularly meaningful Christmas: this is the first Christmas without Barb Taylor and without Mary Cicero. Two great ladies that made our world a brighter and better place. While these wonderful women left us too soon, we continue to practice Holiday and Christmas Traditions that bring family and friends together. We will build on these Christmas Traditions in the future as we celebrate each other, our lives, our history and our heritage. In this post, I will discuss Five Christmas Traditions that we practice, and if you don't have your own Christmas Traditions, maybe that will inspire you to give some of them a try! Just to be completely honest with you, I am late with this post. I originally wanted to post it earlier this week. Given the mix of emotions this year, I found that this was a particularly difficult post for me to write. I struggled with how to frame and write it as I have been working on it all week. I want to thank my sister-in-law Kelly Domres for helping me "get over the hump" on this post. As she said eloquently, "Do not dwell on the negative; you have a lot to be thankful for this year." She is absolutely correct. This post is dedicated to my sister-in-law, Kelly. 1. Decorating the Christmas Tree We moved from our house in St. Louis Park in July, and most of our stuff is still in a storage locker. This is by design because we moved into a furnished house, and we were planning to move our gear when we finally purchased our house. The drawback to this strategy, however, is that all of our holiday decorations (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter) is buried deep in the storage locker somewhere. Fortunately for us, Julie's parents had an artificial tree, lights and ornaments stored in the basement of this house. Christmas was Julie's mom Barb's favorite holiday, and she always tried to make it special for the family. Using her tree, lights and decorations is comforting and special for all of us. Julie and I set up the tree and the lights, and then we all took turns adding ornaments to the tree. There are some special ornaments from the past, some that are funny and some from relatives long since passed. Inspired, I even decorated the outside of the house with lights and ornaments. Barb might not be with us in body this year, but her spirit and her memory lives on for all of us. Her decorations, lights and trees remind us of what a great and generous woman she was. 2. Favorite Christmas and Holiday Movies https://youtu.be/4fyS5CLBgyM I have really made a conscious effort to NOT watch much television and movies in 2017. Sure, I watched Taboo (and even did some podcasts about the show Taboo earlier this year), Game of Thrones and The Punisher, but overall, I have done a pretty good job limiting my time in front of a television or movie screen. This time of year, however, I make an exception. With Ryan home from college, we gathered together as a family to watch some classic Christmas and Holiday movies. There have been some great ones over the years, and the following movies are our family favorites: • Planes, Trains and Automobiles (I seriously know almost every line of this movie) • Christmas Vacation • Elf • A Christmas Story We have watched two of the four movies so far this season, and we will have to find the time to watch the last two. It is easy to forget how funny these movies actually are, so if you need a break and want a good belly laugh this time of year, check out these classics. You won't even shoot your eye out, kid! https://youtu.be/9jyCfRHumHU 3. Wooddale Church Christmas Program For the past few years, we have gone to Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. This year, Julie, Danny, Ryan, David and Jenny (brother and sister-in-law) went to Wooddale's Christmas Program. The church is massive, and they had a full orchestra, choir, organ and even interpretive dancers. The program consisted of the following songs: • Overture "Canticle of Glorias" • Gloria in Excelsis Deo • O Come, All Ye Faithful • White Christmas • How Great Our Joy • Pat a Pan • Noe! Noe! • Fum, Fum, Fum • The First Noel • Angels We Have Heard on High • The Christmas Story • Ecolgue for Piano and Strings Opus 10 • No Eye Had Seen/All is Well • Amazing Grace It was very profession and extremely inspirational. Some of the songs had a Celtic feel to them, and the grand finale included a Scottish man playing bagpipes in traditional dress. It was amazing to hear, especially since it was my dad's and Barb's favorite hymn. If you have a chance to go to a church program, you should. It is a chance to decompress, tune out the commercialism of the season, sing carols and hymns, and share in the Christmas message with family and friends. https://youtu.be/euWfTiYwRB0 4. Decorating Christmas Cookies When Julie and I were in high school, we would decorate sugar cookies with Julie's family, her cousin, her aunt and her uncle every year. It was a lot of fun (and it tasted good too)! This year, we gathered once again to decorate Christmas cookies. It was a team effort: we made dinner, Julie's dad and fiance Sue made the sugar cookies, and Julie made the frosting. We had a great dinner, and then we got down to business decorating the cookies. It was a lot of fun, and we had a bunch of laughs as some of our "artists" got creative with gingerbread men and Santa cookies. In fact, you can see one of those cookies in the picture above (just don't point it out to your kids). I am sure eating tons of cookies covered in the world's best frosting didn't help my healthy lifestyle goals, but it was worth it! We'll have to do it again next year! 5. Christmas Eve Meal My ancestors on my mother;s side came from Poland and Czechoslovakia. This year, I did a little research about Polish Christmas traditions. In Polish households, Christmas Eve is an extremely important day. The Polish people celebrate Christmas by preparing a big meal called "Wigilia." This traditional meal is a big deal. According to the Polish Women's Alliance of America, the wigilia consists "of twelve meatless dishes, and includes many kinds of fish, beet or mushroom soup, various dishes made from cabbage, mushrooms, or potatoes, pierogi, followed by dried fruit compote and pastries for dessert." The meal does not start until the first star is seen in the sky. Like Polish homes, we traditionally have a big meal on Christmas Eve. Unlike the Polish dinner, we eat meat (and lots of it). We have adopted something my side of the family started doing years ago: fondue. We will cook shrimp, beef, and vegetables in boiling oil or broth (we have tried both). We will make a cheese fondue and dip bread into it (big hit around Green Bay Packer fans), and we will have a dessert fondue with chocolate, marsh mellows, strawberries and pound cake. The beauty of the Christmas Eve fondue is the social aspect of the meal. It takes time to cook the food, and it is a lot of fun to talk with everyone, joke around a bit, and yes, steal someone else's meat or shrimp (accidentally, of course)! It takes some time to prep: cutting the meat, breads, pound cake and vegetables; preparing the various fondue pots; and gathering the various dipping sauces for the cooked food. A few words of caution before you do fondue: list text hereThe oil, cheese and chocolate are VERY hot. Be careful around the fondue pots! list text hereThings splatter and spill, so use a disposable table cloth. list text hereBe careful using the fondue forks. Someone usually ends up spearing their finger by accident. list text hereThere usually is a lot of clean-up after the meal, so be prepared for that! This year, we are planning on a smaller meal on Christmas Eve, but we will eat very well. We will celebrate Christmas Eve dinner with Julie, Danny, Ryan and me, and we are eating steak, shrimp, twice baked potatoes and salad. It will be a great dinner! How about you? What are your Christmas Traditions? What do you do with your friends and family? I would love to know, and maybe we will incorporate some of your traditions into our Christmas and Holiday Celebrations. Feel free to share your Christmas Traditions as a comment on this blog post. This is a busy time of year. Before we let the moment get away from us, I would like to thank you for following Small Scale Life. We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you and your support. Please be safe this holiday season. Enjoy each moment, and be kind to someone. In case we haven't said it yet, Julie, Danny, Ryan and I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!