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Book Tour Finale: Amazing People and Places Across Minnesota
Last weekend I leapt the Red River from North Dakota to Minnesota to share my experiences from East Africa and China. Bemidji[…]
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This Friday, March 27, I’ll be in Fargo. The following day, I’ll be in Grand Forks. And after that, I[…]
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Having been in China just 10 days, it was funny how the detail of teaching English–my vehicle for coming out to[…]
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On January 15, 2014, I was getting my car washed. It was one of those where you hand the car[…]
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I know an American man from India and an American woman from South Korea, who on separate occasions shared with[…]
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From houses of worship, to shacks in the slum, to my host’s home in the outskirts, to the snazzy mall in[…]
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