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• Texas History Through My Eastern Eyes and What I Love About Home

  By Julie Callahan on March 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  My family settled in New Jersey from England and Holland at the start of the 18th century. My mother’s family were the Covenhovens and owned the farmhouse which served as the headquarters for the Battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary… Read More ›

• March Roundup and A Texas Update

  By Julie Callahan on March 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  This month, I read several articles which are germane to this blog (whatever that means). In any event, I’ve developed a habit of saving things I enjoy. And some of it does resonate with what I write about. First, and… Read More ›

• Amish Country: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

  By Julie Callahan on March 17, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Growing up, my father loved to spend the weekend in Lancaster, Pennsylvania – or as he called it “Amish Country”. To this day, I associate this rural, farming county in eastern Pennsylvania with him. For years, we pulled our travel… Read More ›

• First Impressions of Austin, Texas

  By Julie Callahan on March 8, 2015 • ( 14 )

  

  When I mentioned to my Hungarian friend, Szabi, that I was moving to Austin for a month, he replied, “Julie, I know that place. Dallas, right? JR Ewing.” And really, how could I blame him? I share his image of… Read More ›

• The Trip Home

  By Julie Callahan on March 6, 2015 • ( 11 )

  

  Early Monday morning, Pat and I crawled out of bed in anticipation of our 5:30 taxi pickup to the Budapest airport. As Pat took his shower, I read a blog comment from a friend – a quote from Lao Tzu,… Read More ›