Easter greetings
I have been thinking about you dear friends during Easter. Easter is a big holiday in Poland and probably the most spiritual one. It lasts two days so there's lots of time to celebrate life, to sit at tables full of traditional dishes, share the food and conversations with friends, family and neighbors, and to think about spiritual and earthly things, and about people we love who are far away. And in my case I always think of people who are far away since due to my nomadic nature my friends and loved ones are spread out throughout the planet (and beyond).
Starting with spiritual stuff, on Sunday morning, after I woke up and patted Maksio who came for his morning back rub, I thought how the Easter morning is the celebration of resurrecting from the dead, from non-existence, and how for me every day is the Ester morning and every day I live as if I lived the whole full life in it. I was resting in bed, in the quiet home (my mom went to the South of Poland to visit her sisters and extended family so I was home alone with Max), feeling incredibly well and peaceful. Then, after contemplating resurrection, other dimensions, and the wonderful unexpectability of things, I got out of bed and started the day. I went for the Easter breakfast to the house of my neighbors and friends whom I will call "the Dezor Kids" since, although they are grown up now, to me they will always be kids because I remember how they were all born (I was a teenager then) and how they all were in diapers, how they were changing teeth and growing. Out of 8 kids (they were 9 kids but the second oldest boy Adam died) 7 still live in their family house: Ania, Michal, Julia, Marcel, Liliana, Laura and Luiza (the twins). The 8th child Helena lives in Belgium with her family (her partner Emmanuel and two little babies Julian and Celina). We were also accompanied by Ania's boyfriend Max (who is from Argentina) and Julia's boyfriend Pawel. Girls bake delicious cakes and cook good food so the table was full of all kinds of home made delicacies. We had lots of fun eating and talking and afterwards we went for a long walk with Ania's dogs Taco and Lilo and with my Maksio. Everything is blooming in the forest and it is getting warm so the walk was great. We really are lucky that we have this beautiful forest and lakes so close to our homes. We were chilling out the whole day, talking, watching short films made by Filip (Liliana's boyfriend) and sharing lots of laughs. The next day, still a holiday in Poland and what is called Smingus dyngus - the tradition of pouring water on each other - I met with Patrycja and Hania for coffee and cake and then later we went altoghter with the Dezor Kids and their cousins for a long walk again and got somehow wet. The Smingus dyngus tradition is still very much alive (it comes from the very old times as I heard): people run around with little plastic bottles or bags full of water but also with buckets and water guns so one can get quite wet if one can't run fast... I had the camera so I was spared. After the walk I visited Hania and her family and once again we set down at an Easter table eating and drinking and enjoying the time together. In the evening we all met together again in my freshly renovated house for a party that ended at 2 am. I ate a LOT of cake this holiday... a few types of cheescake, two types of poppyseed cake, a few types of babka, a yeast cake, chocolates... Today I started the day with drinking liver-detox tea... But it was all worth it because everything was delicious and what are the holidays for?! Today my friend Przemek came for leftovers because he couldn't join us yesterday but I still have cakes until the rest of the week. More friends will come and all will be eaten in due time. I enjoyed the holiday a lot - it left a very warm feeling in my heart.
Well, and about Morocco - I will write about it soon. I just have to finish that freaken tax return which I pushed aside until now and now is the last day so got to do it before the deadline. How I dislike this paperwork stuff... absolute torture... but what has to be done has to be done and then I can move on to enjoyable things. Hugs to everyone.
Starting with spiritual stuff, on Sunday morning, after I woke up and patted Maksio who came for his morning back rub, I thought how the Easter morning is the celebration of resurrecting from the dead, from non-existence, and how for me every day is the Ester morning and every day I live as if I lived the whole full life in it. I was resting in bed, in the quiet home (my mom went to the South of Poland to visit her sisters and extended family so I was home alone with Max), feeling incredibly well and peaceful. Then, after contemplating resurrection, other dimensions, and the wonderful unexpectability of things, I got out of bed and started the day. I went for the Easter breakfast to the house of my neighbors and friends whom I will call "the Dezor Kids" since, although they are grown up now, to me they will always be kids because I remember how they were all born (I was a teenager then) and how they all were in diapers, how they were changing teeth and growing. Out of 8 kids (they were 9 kids but the second oldest boy Adam died) 7 still live in their family house: Ania, Michal, Julia, Marcel, Liliana, Laura and Luiza (the twins). The 8th child Helena lives in Belgium with her family (her partner Emmanuel and two little babies Julian and Celina). We were also accompanied by Ania's boyfriend Max (who is from Argentina) and Julia's boyfriend Pawel. Girls bake delicious cakes and cook good food so the table was full of all kinds of home made delicacies. We had lots of fun eating and talking and afterwards we went for a long walk with Ania's dogs Taco and Lilo and with my Maksio. Everything is blooming in the forest and it is getting warm so the walk was great. We really are lucky that we have this beautiful forest and lakes so close to our homes. We were chilling out the whole day, talking, watching short films made by Filip (Liliana's boyfriend) and sharing lots of laughs. The next day, still a holiday in Poland and what is called Smingus dyngus - the tradition of pouring water on each other - I met with Patrycja and Hania for coffee and cake and then later we went altoghter with the Dezor Kids and their cousins for a long walk again and got somehow wet. The Smingus dyngus tradition is still very much alive (it comes from the very old times as I heard): people run around with little plastic bottles or bags full of water but also with buckets and water guns so one can get quite wet if one can't run fast... I had the camera so I was spared. After the walk I visited Hania and her family and once again we set down at an Easter table eating and drinking and enjoying the time together. In the evening we all met together again in my freshly renovated house for a party that ended at 2 am. I ate a LOT of cake this holiday... a few types of cheescake, two types of poppyseed cake, a few types of babka, a yeast cake, chocolates... Today I started the day with drinking liver-detox tea... But it was all worth it because everything was delicious and what are the holidays for?! Today my friend Przemek came for leftovers because he couldn't join us yesterday but I still have cakes until the rest of the week. More friends will come and all will be eaten in due time. I enjoyed the holiday a lot - it left a very warm feeling in my heart.
Well, and about Morocco - I will write about it soon. I just have to finish that freaken tax return which I pushed aside until now and now is the last day so got to do it before the deadline. How I dislike this paperwork stuff... absolute torture... but what has to be done has to be done and then I can move on to enjoyable things. Hugs to everyone.
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