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• At Last My Dreams Come True – A Hungarian Pig Killing

  By Julie Callahan on January 25, 2015 • ( 13 )

  

  Warning: Pigs did die in the making of this blog and fairly graphic photographs follow. If this makes you squeamish, I’ll see you back here next week. A young man  in my conversational English class, Matej, looked up and smiled…. Read More ›

• The Rodin Museum, Philadelphia

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

  

  At the turn of the 20th century, two French architects, Paul Cret and Jacques Greber, designed the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Then, they turned their attention to create a museum which would house one of the most important collections… Read More ›

• The Joy of the Unknown

  By Julie Callahan on January 18, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  Yesterday evening, just as the sun dipped below the Buda hills, a group gathered in the park below our apartment. A cluster of candles flickered at the base of a statue surrounded by diffuse pinpricks of light as people continued… Read More ›

• To Kindle or not to Kindle?

  By Julie Callahan on January 14, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Pat and I are figuring out what we need to carry with us to support our itinerant lives as we prepare to set sail. Over the next months, I will be writing more about these dilemmas – three in particular:… Read More ›

• “Will you rethink your Paris plans?”… In a word, “No”

  By Julie Callahan on January 9, 2015 • ( 14 )

  

  This week, some friends have asked if we will rethink our three month trip to Paris which starts May 3rd. The short answer is, of course, “no” – in spite of the fact that the shootings occurred a block from… Read More ›

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