After Joan went to bed last night, I spent 45 minutes filing my 2022 U.S. tax statement and e-filed it. It was accepted shortly after I filed. It was rather easy to do using the H&R Block tax software. The deadline for ex-pat filing is June 15 so I finished just 4 days before.
We watched an interesting documentary about the Beatles last night called "The Beatles-Get Back". It was interesting because it wasn't narrated. It was an actual get-together of them in a room where they were working out old and new songs they wrote and performed. It showed the deeper relationship between the four of them. Who knows if their music will last as long as Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart but it has for 50 years so far. The first time I hear them I was living in Spain, into jazz, and didn't really like them. It took me about 4 years to start to appreciate them. It was the Sgt. Peppers album that did it for me.
Our housing complex is in the shape of a square "U". Our flat is on the 4th floor on the bottom of the "U" so we have neighbors in 4 flats on each side. On both sides, I see Ukrainian flags on their balcony. I can't help but wonder what kind of stories they have to tell. On the right side, I saw one woman put out shoes to dry for 3 children. On the left side, I have seen 2 men and a woman. How do they feel having to flee from their own country to Poland?
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Nasz kompleks mieszkaniowy ma kszta艂t litery "U". Nasze mieszkanie znajduje si臋 na 4 pi臋trze na dole "U", wi臋c mamy s膮siad贸w w 4 mieszkaniach po ka偶dej stronie. Po obu stronach widz臋 ukrai艅skie flagi na balkonach. Nie mog臋 przesta膰 si臋 zastanawia膰, jakie historie maj膮 do opowiedzenia. Po prawej stronie widzia艂em, jak jedna kobieta wystawi艂a buty do wyschni臋cia dla tr贸jki dzieci. Po lewej stronie widzia艂em 2 m臋偶czyzn i kobiet臋. Jak si臋 czuj膮, uciekaj膮c z w艂asnego kraju do Polski?
