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No Christmas in Germany

Posted on July 21, 2015 by

At the end of 2009 we returned from a four-month sabbatical in Germany, France, Ireland and Italy. I was eligible for another sabbatical seven years later, which would make me 46 the summer of 2017, and seemed too far away. … Continue reading →

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Americans just think they can go anywhere

Posted on February 20, 2015 by

It’s part of what makes us great and OK, sometimes arrogant, self-important, disrespectful: the fact we think we can go anywhere in the world, just show up, and do what we want or buy what we want, sometimes just by … Continue reading →

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