by Chris Gajewski | Oct 17, 2025 | The Coffee Chronicles, Uncategorized
It happened again, but it has been happening for a long, long time. The first time it happened, I am guessing I was four or five years old? It goes so far back in the mists of time that I can’t really see me, just what was happening. Aye, it’s been 50...
by Chris Gajewski | Feb 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Christopher Gajewski On Sunday, February 5, at about 11:30 p.m., I felt the sweetness, the ecstasy, the jubilation, that comes with new-found freedom. After nearly 24 years, I overcame my speech impediment — a serious stuttering problem. It did not...
by Chris Gajewski | Dec 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
On December 4th, 2020, I arrived back in Portland from Hawai’i for my overnight stay at a hotel. I had no idea what to do. I wasn’t supposed to be here. I wasn’t supposed to be anywhere. The secret contained in my book, “Disconnected: An...
by Chris Gajewski | Nov 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
With this coming up, I thought I would have some fun with this. Class of 1989. First, where we were in 1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall The first episode of the Simpsons WWW, The World Wide Web was invented China, bucking the trend, cracked down in Tienanmen Square...
by Chris Gajewski | Oct 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’ve been meaning to write this column and get back into the Coffee Chronicles for over a year, but things slipped away from me again. I PROMISED myself I would write it a month ago, and I was no closer to writing it when I woke up this morning than when I made...
