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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...
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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...
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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....
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After Irma

After Irma

Sep 12, 2017

Thankfully, this is about all that happened to us.

Pay

Pay

Sep 11, 2017

This is the entrance to a public bathroom in the main train station in Krakow, Poland. That turnstile is there to prevent people from entering without paying. "Enter without paying?!" you might be...

A Cloud

A Cloud

Sep 10, 2017

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the...

Personality Captured

Personality Captured

Sep 4, 2017

My daughter is a bit on the silly side. Well, to say she's a bit on the silly side is an understatement. She prides herself on being silly. Every now and then, I get a picture of her that shows that...

Oscypek

Oscypek

Sep 3, 2017

In the Tatra Mountains of south of Poland, there is a cheese that seems to be a pure, unadulterated Platonic form of cheese: oscypek. It's made of sheep and cow milk which is turned into a cottage...