Archive for August, 2014
What Should I Do When I’m in Paris? (An Anti-Tourist Guide)
People often ask me what they should be sure to see or do while they are in Paris.
Of course the answer to this question depends a lot on who you are, what interests you, and how long you will be there….
One American Veteran’s Memory of the Battle of the Bulge
“One thing I noticed, that the Argonne Forest, so many bullets had gone through there that the trees were mostly stumps. Very few branches on the trees there…”
Keeping Immigration in Perspective
“Immigration is not a new story in this country. Almost all of our families came from somewhere else…”
Au revoir, Paris…
There is always a little bit of melancholy in the last few days I am here each year…then the whisper, or the saying-it-aloud as I head down the beautiful streets and toward the airport, at least when my kids were younger and were there with me to say it: “Au revoir, Paris, merci!”…
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 