niedziela, 18 listopada 2012

November

The weather is awful. I don't like November - it's such a sad month... There is only one person who managed to show me its cold beauty and convinced me to admired it - L.M. Montgomery.  I've just read her book called "The blue Castle" and these few lines about November changed my attitude.. :)

November--with uncanny witchery in its changed trees. With murky
red sunsets flaming in smoky crimson behind the westering hills.
With dear days when the austere woods were beautiful and gracious
in a dignified serenity of folded hands and closed eyes--days full
of a fine, pale sunshine that sifted through the late, leafless
gold of the juniper-trees and glimmered among the grey beeches,
lighting up evergreen banks of moss and washing the colonnades of
the pines. Days with a high-sprung sky of flawless turquoise.
Days when an exquisite melancholy seemed to hang over the landscape
and dream about the lake.  



wtorek, 6 listopada 2012

All Saints' Day vs. Haloween

Many of my facebook-friends added a lot of new photos recently, which show them wearing dreadful costumes. Yes, it's famous Halloween. We all know this tradition from American movies ;) Well, as for me, I find it quite silly. People want to be "as cool" as Americans so they pretend to be a vampire or a werewolf or Joker from Dark Knight. It's not just a problem of costumes - there's something much more deeper.. I'm trying to understand why do people want to scare each other. It's like.. well.. It seems to be against nature. Ages ago people were struggling to deal with fear and know we are creating monsters just to 'feel the thrill', isn't it weird? Maybe I'm odd, but I have never even watched a horror movie, because I really don't like this feeling - being scared.  

Well, as for the tradition - it is great, but unfortunately it's not ours. We used to celebrate All Saint's Day on 1st November. Well yes, it's quite a sad day - we don't party, we don't drink - we are reminding of our relatives who have died. It's a vital element of Polish culture. Why should we abandon it?  

poniedziałek, 5 listopada 2012

Routine..

I have still mud on my sneakers. Just think: I was on the beach yesterday.. I visited my friends who live in Wolin. I love this place so much :)
But today is Monday.. and I hate Mondays. Hello routine! I missed u, I truly did :]