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Literary Travel: Travel As Pilgrimage

October 12, 2020

Decades ago, when I (Charles) was in graduate school at Harvard, a well-traveled classmate from France gave me a gift at the end of the academic year...

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Featured Image: Utah’s Dead Horse Point

October 12, 2020

Doesn't this epic scenery remind you of those vistas of the Old West that you've seen in the movies? If you hadn't noticed the title and caption above...

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Featured Images: The Colors of Autumn

October 10, 2020

Autumn is our favorite season (with spring a close second), a time when waves of cool, invigorating air push aside the summer’s heat and...

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VIDA: Masks— And Much More

September 14, 2020

Remember back in March, when it was virtually impossible to buy a cloth face mask? Since then, ready-made masks have become easy to purchase online...

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Mindful Living

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Stand Still Like the Hummingbird

September 13, 2020

Most people remember times in their lives that were, for one reason or another, particularly stressful—times that provoked frustration disillusionment...

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Literary Travel: Jan Morris on Venice

September 13, 2020

Literary travel is a term that two very different types of people can enjoy: travelers who prefer to read about places from the comfort of their...

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Resolving Conflicts in a Litigious Era

September 13, 2020

We became acquainted with Brian Farkas, this month’s guest contributor, when we came across this essay in the fall 2017 issue of the Vassar Quarterly....

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Featured Image: The Mosel River Valley

September 9, 2020

Several years ago, we made a visit to Germany's Mosel River Valley on an itinerary that took us took us from Paris to Prague. One of country’s most...

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