Old Crow

The remote village of Old Crow is the only community inside the Arctic Circle (in the Yukon and North West Territories of Canada). It was established in the early 1900s when some families permanently settled there. It was named after Chief Deetru’...

And so, this is Christmas… again!

Dear readers of “The Spirit Journey”! For several years I have been trying to bring you something special during the holidays. Last time I composed a short video on YouTube with illustrated Christmas greetings from Kajtek and Koko...

In Polish!

Dear Polish readers! I have been inundated with your requests to start writing The Spirit Journey (Wewnętrzna podróż) in Polish for several years now. However, I protected myself against this idea by not being fluent in my native language. Ultimately, however,...

Pretor

I knew back in 2015 when rereading my travel journal that my dog Pretor will become an important element of The Spirit Journey and (for a while at least) grace with his presence, the pages of this story…  But let me start from the beginning. Back in those...

Harmonica

As with many teenagers, I had dreams of becoming a musician. Back in Poland, the romantic songs of Marek Grechuta, the rock band Czerwone Gitary, and the haunting melodies of Czesław Niemen had a huge impact on me.   My musical inspirations continued in Canada. In the...