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Various ventures into Mr. Scott’s mind.

Cycling over Mountains

When I lived in Poland, I got into cycling. I bought a mountain bike, bought a road bike, and then my wife and I decided neither was for us: touring is where it's at! So I converted my mountain bike into a make-shift touring bike and we set off. Every possible...

Cemetery of Memories

The first time I approached the cemetery in Lipnica Wielka was November of 1996, and I headed up for my first experience with All Saints' Day in Poland. I took pictures and made mental notes for my journal: I left my apartment around 4:30 and headed up to the cemetery...

Trstená Supermarket

Just across the border from where I lived in Poland (Lipnica Wielka) and where my wife grew up (Jablonka) is a Slovak town called Trstená. We go there every time we visit family in Poland. I love Trstená because unlike much of Central Europe, it seems frozen in time....
Warszawa Centralna

Warszawa Centralna

Looking at some old pictures, I found a shot of Warszawa Centralna train station from about 2002. It was an exterior night shot, and there was little indication of what the station looked like...

Happy Thanksgiving 2023

Happy Thanksgiving 2023

adsf The header image is an AI creation using the prompt "a turkey on a table looking at people about to eat it for Thanksgiving."

Counselors Behind the Line

Counselors Behind the Line

Our school counselors served Thanksgiving lunch today. They look snazzy in their hairnets, don't they?

19

19

Today, my wife and I celebrate our nineteenth wedding anniversary. I'm not quite sure how she's done it, but I'm grateful she's put up with me for that long.

Blueberries

Blueberries

We have eight blueberry bushes at the end of our driveway. They produce a lot of blueberries. It's always a sign that summer break has begun.

Warsaw, 1985

Warsaw, 1985

I first arrived in Warsaw eleven years after this photo was taken. The focus of the shot is the Palac Kultury i Nauki ("The Palace of Culture and Science"), a building that was a "gift" from Joseph...

Decorating

Decorating

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Dworzec

Dworzec

I gave my students an article of the week about the Kaliningrad House of the Soviets, an administrative building constructed during the Soviet era but never occupied because of structural issues....

Easter Afternoon, 2003

Easter Afternoon, 2003

My mother-in-law, her mother-in-law (my father's-in-law mother, i.e., my wife's grandmother), and my wife's cousin were having cakes and juice on the afternoon of Easter Sunday in 2003. It was a...

Discovery

Discovery

Starting poetry with eighth graders