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LIVING IN THE MESS...IN WARSAW

“Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend. What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Welcome to Living in the Mess, the Errickson fam's attempt to chronicle our spontaneous, messy journey from Buffalo, NY to Warwaw, Poland.

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One Week From Today is Mother's Day

I keep waiting for my writing tone to change. But, since the fall of 2020, it really hasn't. Perhaps in some ways I was just waiting...

March into April...which was a long time ago.

Spring-- ish in Warsaw– Pre Paris. We find ourselves planting sunflowers this spring with hope for brighter days to come (my intention is...

Nana always said that things come in threes...

Seasons are changing over here in Poland. The leaves have turned and dropped. It is getting darker on the ride to and from, school. ...

Fall in Warsaw

October 8-- Paul Errickson Today, I started my classes off with the question, “What is your all-time favorite...smell?” Such fun were...

Nearly Nine Weeks...

Paul tells me that we need to post another blog, so I guess that it must be time. We are still living in Poland and still living the...

Poland scores in the 94th minute!!!!

Paul Errickson We are beginning to settle in and learn a bit more about this amazing country. Last weekend, I got out for another...

September 1, 2021

Paul Errickson As we enter our 2nd month in Warsaw, I want to share a quick post about things I am learning in our neighborhood. We...

Trying-- so hard-- to love the questions. Ugh. (by Lolly)

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are...

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