An image from the late 1990s — the kitchen I had in my first apartment in Lipnica. That mug on the right — I still have it upstairs. The writing is just about gone, and if I were as sentimental as I used to be, that would upset me greatly as this particular mug was an unexpected birthday gift from a sophomore class of students. This means the kids who gave me that mug are now in their mid- to late- thirties, likely with kids as old or older than my current students.

The significance of this? Same as always…