Tag Archives: Bialystok Poland

The more I think about Bialystok…

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Naomi

…the more I’m deeply grateful my great-grandparents had the brains to get the fuck out of Poland.

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Going back to my old home town? No way in hell

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Naomi

One of my old “home towns” is Bialystok, Poland. Which is currently caught up in violent protests: BIALYSTOK, Poland — The marchers at the first gay pride parade here in the conservative Polish city of Bialystok expected that they would … Continue reading →

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“Go back where you came from”! I did

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Naomi

West 29th Street. Or West 30th Street: the building runs from block to block. It once was French Hospital, the maternity unit of which practiced the Lamaze Method of childbirth. It may have been the first Lamaze hospital in the … Continue reading →

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