The World In Between

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• Komárom, Hungary – Komárno, Slovakia: It’s like a Gershwin song

  By Julie Callahan on December 4, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  When I was a kid, my mother would sing old songs. One of my favorites was a Gershwin tune: You like potato and I like potahto You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto. Let’s call the… Read More ›

• Ode to a Storage Unit (and a Happy Thanksgiving!)

  By Julie Callahan on November 27, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  Storage units, I have come to learn, are a psychological device which enable us to move on – delude us into believing we will return, need this stuff, and effortlessly slip into our old life. For the last three years,… Read More ›

• A Very Hungarian Thanksgiving

  By Julie Callahan on November 22, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Last Thanksgiving I worked and festered and ultimately swore I would never do that again. Hungarian friends wished me a Happy Thanksgiving, but somehow, that just made me feel worse. By mid afternoon, Facebook dispatches started to arrive – a… Read More ›

• When a Colleague Dies

  By Julie Callahan on November 16, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  Last Monday, as my US colleagues were coming to work, I received a message. “Did you hear Jim died yesterday? Suddenly. In his sleep.” Jim and I worked together on and off for years although less so since I moved… Read More ›

• What happens when you need surgery…. in Budapest, Hungary?

  By Julie Callahan on November 12, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  After a year of intermittent sinus issues and pounding headaches, Pat finally broke down. “I can’t take it. I’m calling a doctor.” We travel home for our routine medical care, so we never visited a doctor here. Luckily, I had… Read More ›

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