So it is true what they say
That it is not about
The destination
It is about the water
And the waves
And the wind
And the salt
And there are times
When I am not even sailing
Just drifting
What I know as the past
I carelessly leave behind
Staring watchfully at the horizon
I’m not really curious
About the future
Cause at the end
It always turns out
The same
As the past
I was born in 1982 in Gdynia, a Polish town that is said to have been built “from the dreams and sea”. After graduating from the University in Gdansk (specialization in History) I mostly worked as a Managing Editor for a publishing house. I have moved to Portland in October 2017, just in time to help as a volunteer at the Portland Book Festival. My life in a new city has been connected with books ever since. Luckily for me, at the beginning of summer 2018, I became a part of the Inventory team at Powell’s. I spend my free time reading or admiring Pacific Northwest’s nature, and, from time to time, trying to write my Polish thoughts using English words.