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It’s hard for me to think of a particular place as my hometown: I was born in Birmingham, England, one fall night in 1954. Preview Open

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Kansas City, Kansas (or KCK, as it’s known) is the red-headed step-child of the Kansas City Metro area, starting with its name. No one has to clarify that they mean the Oklahoma City in Oklahoma, or the Indianapolis in Indiana, or the New York City in New York. But poor KCK, being a tenth the […]

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Kansas City, Missouri…no, not Mizzurah. On this side of the state, it’s Mizzuree and this is where I will lead off. There are distinct differences between the eastern and western sides of Missouri and Kansas City (despite what you might hear from St. Louis) is no Cowtown. Kansas City is not in Kansas. It’s a […]

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When traveling through Palestine, TX if you get pulled over by Officer Friendly, he will likely ask, “Where do you think you are?” If you name the town, pronounce it Pah-les-TEEN, not PAL-eh-stine. The latter pronunciation labels you an outsider, while the former tags you as either a local, or someone with local connections. Being […]

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Ohio, in general, is one of those states that is a ready target of jokes by “foreigners,” not often with the benefit of personal knowledge of the state. Cincinnatians, in particular, have the temerity to be in love with their Midwestern city. In contrast, most Clevelanders, are not known to express as much excitement for their […]

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I’m a transplant. I moved to Los Angeles in November of 1987 at the age of 27, from my home town of Annapolis, MD. My first trip to L.A. was ten years prior as a naïve teenager and Los Angeles was a mind blower. That was around 1977. Preview Open

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It was -25 degrees Fahrenheit when our group of 35 undergraduate students arrived in Leningrad in February, 1979, for four months of study at Leningrad State University. The dormitory for foreign students (complete with Russian student informers) was in the center of Leningrad, directly across the Neva River from the Winter Palace. We coped with […]

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Fort Wayne calls itself “The Summit City.” In geography, the word “summit” usually refers to a high place, as in the “summit” of a mountain. It is that usage from which Fort Wayne gains this designation, although a visitor today would likely wonder what notion of civic pride could have provided such a moniker in […]

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It was early afternooon I think on a Saturday when the horse drawn wagon stopped in the middle of the street in front of my house, for the 2nd time that I could remember. A short queue formed. I was anxious to get my second taste of the world’s best waffles at 5¢. Fresh and […]

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Its proper name is KrCourtesy of bangkok.comung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.

To us it is just Krung Thep, or Bangkok. The City of Angels. The Big Mango.

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Greenville is now my home. We’ve only lived here for 14 years but the vibrancy and the vitality of the place captured us. Downtown Greenville is a happening place. There is always someone out (often with a dog). Saturday mornings from May to October, Main Street becomes an open-air farmers’ market until noon. The attitude […]

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I had planned to write a detailed piece covering the history of the Crow Indian Reservation in southwestern Montana. Something unexpected came up, so I have to put that off for a few days. But as a reasonable facsimile, I offer a hybrid photo essay about Custers Last Stand, the state of American Indian affairs, […]

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The three of us stepped outside our Times Square hotel into the humid sea of humanity on this clear and warm day. This was my sons (15 & 10) first time in NYC and my first time playing purposeful tourist as opposed to my typical airport-hotel-meeting-hotel-airport NY itinerary. Say what you will about the Disneyfication […]

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When I was young, so many years ago, there was a city built upon a rock (A mountain as reported by Plato, inflation to be expected by a jock). Around the rock concentric moats were carved, and in these moats our mighty ships were wharved. I say mighty, and mighty ships they were for plowing […]

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In Part II of this series, I detailed further helps for choosing books to read to small people in your life and began listing children’s book authors and works worthy of your time. I have several categories yet to list, and I want to conclude with how you can build a significant library of children’s books […]

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