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Jan.08.2013
I was one of those girls who got grammar. I racked up A’s in English because the rules made sense to me. Diagramming sentences was my favorite part of school. I loved discovering how the different parts of a sentence fit together in an elegant, efficient arrangement. I completely bought the notion...
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Jan.05.2013
It was found under several layers of wall behind the bar at the La Ida Cafe on Monterey, California's Cannery Row, a mural from the old days – a man with large ears and startled eyes enjoying a drink it seems, someone nearby hoisting a martini glass.
Is it John Steinbeck? He is without moustache,...
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Jan.05.2013
Whenever I visit London and go to the National Gallery or to any other museum, I am thankful to the British government and to the British people for letting me enjoy their treasures for free. I am impressed by their wisdom and civility. For me it means that, without thinking twice, even if I...
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Jan.05.2013
I arrived at the border between India and Pakistan on a sweltering May day in 1977. I had spent the past year traveling through Europe and the Middle East, had wintered in Jordan and made my way across Iran by train. After a month hitchhiking through Afghanistan, I was finally arriving in...
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Dec.31.2012
Greetings Family, The “Blues” was conceived out of love and a want for better understanding of who we are as Black Americans.
Discovering the connection between our African heritage and our American upbringing is one of the single greatest journeys that I will continue on throughout my...
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Dec.29.2012
I was given a Kindle over a year ago, and I'm afraid I have not spent a lot on books since then. There's just so much page turning entertainment that is out of copyright.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin cannot be recommended enough. This is travel writing at it's best, the...
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Dec.28.2012
"The summer did indeed disappear with frightening rapidity - as the days do, here, now, as well. I get to the university about nine most days and about the time I think about getting some breakfast, it seems to be seven pm and I swear, Allan, that the gods have stolen the day away to secrete in...
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Dec.27.2012
Saludos a todos from Spain!
I am in Ruitelan, a tiny hamlet just a few kilometers from O´Cebreiro in the westernmost reaches of the Spanish province of Castilla y Leon on the medieval pilgrimage road to Santiago de Compostela. My two daughters, Lucy and Grace, and I left last Thursday for...
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Dec.19.2012
This weekend, I bought a big, new suitcase, which is currently standing impatiently in my home office, waiting for me to take it to India in January. This will be my fifth visit to the Subcontinent, and the first in which I bring a group of college students to study and travel for a month....
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Dec.08.2012
Survivors and their children: this description could apply to many countries today, but it fits Cambodia perhaps more than most. I learned this as we explored the Cambodian countryside, small towns, and villages, as well as the cities and famous...
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