Friday, July 7, 2017

June 2017: Derev

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     Picking grape leaves is a tradition.      I grew up with this tradition. It has become something I have been doing for the past sev...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Viva Kazan!

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     On May 5th, I watched Wallace Beery portraying Pancho Villa. It struck me as such an odd casting that I blogged about it:   Vive Cinco ...
Sunday, May 14, 2017

Walking by Hanson Hall

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     One of the small pleasures about teaching at North Park University is walking past Hanson Hall.  As Hanson Hall is part of our scho...
Friday, May 5, 2017

Viva Cinco de Beery!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_Villa!#Reception       It is near the end of the semester.  Monday is the last day of classes.  While...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

February 2017: Anniversary Letter

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The lobby of The Dearborn Inn      It has been 13 years for this letter. Until last two years, I was really good at writing a monthly l...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

January Letter #2: The Inauguration and the Day After

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     OK.  It has been an amazing and crazy couple of days.  I might have even used the word daze.      The polarization in this country is ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2017

January 2017: The Transition of Power

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     It is Martin Luther King Day. I attended a celebration today at North Park University. As I expected, the transfer of power from Pres...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

March 2016: A Potpourri

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     Preface: OK, it is January 1, 2017. I am just posting my March 2016 Letter. I really should have and could have posted it in...