It’s a topic as American as apple pie–or anti-American, perhaps. With two sides firmly in place, the controversy over the[…]
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Tour and Conversation on a Southern Farm
This was as close as I’d get to a plantation on my Southern tour. (Yes, Southerners, I know you don’t[…]
Read moreSouthern Experience #7: Stories (And Lessons) From a Memphis Retirement Home
Who better to share about the South than those who’ve been there the longest? On July 27 on my Southern Experience road[…]
Read moreI Received an Old Dollar Bill as Change; A Lesson Ensued
“Hold on,” said the barista as she studied the bill she was about to hand back to me for[…]
Read moreInterviewing a Special Woman in the “Real” Village
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about life here in my village, Magulilwa. Soon after, I got an[…]
Read moreEducation Is Bigger Than Schools
Enjoy this piece on educational philosophy by guest contributor, Joseph Preesh. Growing up and going to school is such a[…]
Read moreThe Elders Among Us
Speak to the elders in your life. Last week I wrote about two conversations I had with each of my[…]
Read moreStomping-Ground Culture 2: Our Grandparents
While I was still “up north” as we say, visiting my family in Blackduck, I decided to stop out at[…]
Read moreStomping Ground Culture, part 1
If you’d asked me before about the culture of northern Minnesota, or America even, I’d have suggested it better described[…]
Read moreHome Sweet Home: China in Minnesota
All the pictures and words and emotions regarding China came to an end, folks. This post is about my arrival[…]
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