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7 – Berlin and the Brandenburg Gate
Up to the time I enlisted in the Air Force at age nineteen, I had rambled through only two states, both with names ending in Dakota. After my basic training in Texas and a later course in weather observing in Illinois, I was shipped (on a seven-day waterlogged and bumpy cruise) to Germany for my […]
6 – Vanishing Comments and a Sincere Apology
I’m pretty good at turning my computer on, and I enjoy tapping the keyboard when the machine behaves, but that’s about the limit of what I can do. A huge expanse of the digital world lies beyond me. Asking me to do anything requiring technical skills, like constructing a website, is like asking a […]
5 – Donald Trump, Pro and Con
Donald Trump – Pro and Con A friend and former neighbor of mine, having read my first two blogs, emailed me asking if I was for, or against, Trump. That jolted me because I’d never thought in quite those terms. I’ve been focusing on a larger screen, one with Trump as a single character in […]
4 – To Leningrad with the Finns (conclusion)
My senses sharpened when we finally arrived in Leningrad. Nearing the center of the city, we saw few cars on the streets. The cars were mostly small, and some veered around in odd ways. Buses were numerous, mostly unwashed, and often with multiple dents. Our tour included rooms in what had been described as one […]
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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