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While sipping coffee at the Chopin Airport and awaiting the arrival of the rest of our group from the States (via Toronto), Jonty Blackman briefly described pre-WWII Poland, where Jews […]
Read More2: Arrival. We made it. It’s nice being with everyone in Poland. Mostly everything from the airport reached its owners without alarm. Our bus and bus driver are nice, […]
Read MoreWarsaw Exploration We departed the Novotel around 9:15am this morning and headed for the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, where our guide Matan worked. Along the way he pointed out […]
Read MorePre Arrival I was thinking a lot last night. This trip we’re taking, it isn’t just a chance to travel outside the country or experience the camps then do […]
Read MoreOn the final day of our trip in Spain, we left the hotel in groups of four and headed to the Gothic Cathedral in the Old City in Barcelona. Logistically, […]
Read MoreAt the risk of sounding like an early jazz tune, I married a girl from Kansas City. One of of my first winter trips to KCMO, my wife Abby eagerly […]
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This seminar has brought up a lot of big questions for me over the past week or so that we’ve been in Spain, and in particular, it has caused me […]
Read MoreBarcelona is a breath of fresh air! Don’t get me wrong-the entire trip has been a dream-but in so many ways our arrival in this city has added a skip […]
Read More“Ozymandias” By Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, […]
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I love questions. Asking them. Hearing them. Answering them, when I can. Questioning is inherent in storytelling: who is the main character? Where is this character? What will drive the […]
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