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Borderland: Understanding the Ukrainian Conflict & Culture
With the events unfolding between Ukraine and Russia in February 2022, I hunted through my library to find my 1997 edition of Borderland...

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A Colossal Token of Love: The Route 66 Blue Whale
This article may contain affiliate / compensated links. For full information, please see our disclosure here. I used to collect penguins,...

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Experience -- Shop, Cook, Then Eat Like A Local
The first time we were in Venice, we stayed in this beautiful, upscale AirBnb with a fully equipped, modern kitchen. My husband, son, and...

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The Kitsch and the Class of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Back in the day, "foreign travel" meant a journey north from Pennsylvania to Canada. Despite numerous excursions to places like Montreal,...

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Paris Meets Cajun In An Unexpected Place
A grandmother from outside Paris who studied at the famed Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, cooking Cajun and French food for us,...

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Wandering Off The Beaten Path
Cypress Island Preserve

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