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3 – To Leningrad with the Finns
While I was in Kuopio during the late 1980s, a professor friend of mine suggested we sign up for a long weekend bus tour to Leningrad, as the city then was known. I agreed immediately for I had never been to Russia. Martti and I sketched an itinerary that included a visit to the Hermitage […]
1 – Stew of the Day
Let’s begin with a question. Is anything troubling you these days? Maybe the upcoming election? Or maybe the COVID-19 crisis? Or civil unrest? As for me, having watched last week’s final debate, I’m stewing about November 3. I’ve voted in more presidential elections than I care to count. The candidates haven’t always thrilled me, but […]
2 – Left in Wisconsin
When I was a student at the University of Wisconsin in the middle of the last century. I belonged for a time to an eating cooperative, the Green Lantern. In those days Wisconsin, beside being a fine academic institution, was known for a number of oddball things. Its Student Union sold beer (gasp), and it […]
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