Three people named Paździora are listed as prisoners in Auschwitz. Antoni Paździora (prisoner number: 1247), Franciszek Paździora (prisoner number: E-6820), and Leopold Paździora (prisoner number: 39232). Antoni is listed in the Memorial Book as murdered in Auschwitz on 22 March,
Category: Writing
Three Short Poems and an Oddity
Poems by Eric Pazdziora. Oddity found on poemhunter.com. I. Lines Found Scrawled on the Wall of an Abandoned Abecedarium Abe, he see the effigy, Age-eyed, shaky elemental peak— You are rusty, you veer, Double your ex-wife’s sea. II. Trial
Reader Comments: Are Christmas Trees Pagan Idols?
A few years back I published what has turned out to be one of my more popular articles: The True Meaning of Christmas Trees: The Spiritual Abuse Connection. It’s a series of reflections inspired by seeing some well-intended but irate
The Land Without Stories
I’m delighted to announce that my short story “The Land Without Stories” has been published in a brand-new anthology entitled New Fairy Tales: Essays and Stories. Edited by my brother John, who has a freshly-minted PhD in literature from St Andrews,
About Time
This clock in our electronic music studio at UNCG doesn’t work: it’s permanently stuck on one time. If you get why this is, you’re officially a music nerd.
On the Directionality of Thumbs: A Tribute to Roger Ebert
One of my favorite writers died this week. For the first time in quite a while, next time I want to see whether I might be interested in a new movie, I won’t get to see what Roger Ebert thought
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It Makes Perfect
While teaching a freshman music class in ear training, somehow I wandered into this observation. My students seemed to like it. Sometimes I fancy myself quotable, so here you go:
The Galatian Road out of Legalism
(Originally published in 2010 as a guest post on “The Cult Next Door.“) Legalism. It’s one of those nasty words that everybody points to as an example of religion gone wrong. Everybody knows that you shouldn’t be a legalist. Everybody
Is Christmas Biblical? A Few More Comments
It’s now officially the time of year — i.e., Christmas — when people find my website by searching for such unlikely things as “Is Christmas Pagan?” and “The True Meaning of Christmas Trees” and “Tacky Nativity Scenes” and, of course, “Angels