Category Archives: Travel

Hot Off The Virtual Press: @EJLP Guest Blog 4 @WYCC

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

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#BigBird and Obama

Posted on October 6, 2012 by

When Mitt Romney attacked Big Bird, he attacked an Obama surrogate of global repute.  The residents of Sesame Street taught my generation and those that followed to embrace difference of color, creed, even orientation, with subtle messages of compassion and … Continue reading →

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Faded Pages; Bright Dreams

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

An advisee dropped by my office on Friday to report on her experience in IndiCorps.  She wondered if our family had any books she could put in her empty suitcases for a children’s library in the slums of Chandrigarj. My … Continue reading →

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Senior Citizenship

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

I didn’t hear the phone ring yesterday morning.  My husband took the call from a neighbor whose elderly husband fell ill in Istanbul and struggles to recover Chicago.  They were childhood sweethearts who attended the Orrington School Centennial last fall … Continue reading →

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Private Politics

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

In 1972, my mother pushed me in a stroller, wearing a George McGovern button, as she canvassed our suburban neighborhood.  In 1980, I argued the case for John Anderson in our fifth grade classroom’s electoral debates.  In 1984, my high … Continue reading →

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Mutton Dressed as Memories

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

If you are a vegetarian, please stop reading now.  I am not a proselytizing carnivore.  In fact, I am not much of a carnivore at all, which is the point of this piece.  I hate cooking meat.  I bake a … Continue reading →

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The Other Wisconsin

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

Thanks to Paul Ryan’s ascent to the Republican ticket, we’ve heard a lot about bratwurst and cheese as constituent elements of the Wisconsin soul.  Ryan is a southern boy by Wisconsin standards.  He hails from the part of the state … Continue reading →

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Hope Hota Hai

Posted on August 11, 2012 by

My blogging idol, John Fea, threw down the gauntlet and demanded a statement on hope.  When I stood under a palm tree and watched two strangers exchange wedding vows, I knew what I needed to write. The Scandinavian-American groom arrived … Continue reading →

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Hot Off The Virtual Press: The Sins of Secular Saints

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

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John Harris’ Burg

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

Early Wednesday morning, I walked past John Harris’ house on my right, and a series of homeless men scattered sleeping in the grass lining the Susquehanna River on my left.  My motel overlooked the river where Harris first ferried frontier … Continue reading →

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