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  • At Home …

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    This week I have noodled for a blog topic.  And really, I don’t have one.  Then I realized that, in and of itself, might be my blog topic.  We have been home in Colorado for two weeks and it’s been… Read More ›

  • What’s wrong with nice?

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    Europeans are forthright in telling me all the things wrong with Americans.  We are fat, we live in big houses and we have big mouths.  Oh, and we smile – incessantly.  I accept it.  We are that group of people who… Read More ›

  • Returning “home”

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    We are visiting the United States for a month – the longest return trip since moving to Central Europe two years ago.  When people ask me where I am going, I pause for a second.  To say “I’m going to… Read More ›

  • Unintended Questions

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    There’s a miscommunication between Hungarians and me.  I ask questions, and they answer them.  What are they thinking?  Clearly they do not understand the cultural nuance of American English.  When I say, “How are you?” the only acceptable answer is… Read More ›

  • The Slovenia Coast

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    A young boy fishing in the setting sun at Piran Slovenia

    The Slovenian coast is an Adriatic potpourri – complex and multi-layered, a sedimentary culture  created through its varied past.  Caught in the middle of a centuries long Roman, Hapsburg and Ottoman tug of war, Slovenia emerged as an independent country just recently, in… Read More ›