The Africa project has not gone away. I still want to learn something about every country on the continent, but it’s taking a while. It doesn’t help when I select very weighty books, either. Which brings us to Cote D’Ivoire: The Conundrum of A Still Wretched of the Earth, an academic overview of the crisis… [Read More]
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Virtual Spring Break: DIY on vacation
Today’s assignment for Kristine Hansen’s Virtual Spring Break travel writing class is to come up with ideas for a travel story around a trend. Well, here’s one: the DIY trend and DIY on vacation. When we travel, we often forget that we can do things that locals are doing, too. When my son was younger,… [Read More]
Virtual Spring Break: Milwaukee, five ways
Today’s assignment for the Virtual Spring Break travel writing class is to come up with five angles on a city, five different travel stories. One of my favorite cities is Milwaukee, and here are five reasons why: Milwaukee is a music town. Besides local bands playing local bars, and a Stradivarius violin that was the… [Read More]
Virtual Spring Break: Let me tell you about Wrigley Field
Today’s assignment for Kristine Hansen’s virtual spring break class is to discuss a place in a conversational tone. Well, last night I was at a baseball game at Wrigley, so here goes: Wrigley Field gets a bad rap as a place where people go to drink rather than watch baseball. That’s not true; it attracts… [Read More]
Virtual spring break: Feelings about Mill Creek Park
This week, I’m doing Kristine Hansen’s virtual spring break travel writing class. A big part of the class is a daily writing prompt about a travel topic. Today, we are to write about the emotional arc of a recent trip. For me, that was back to Ohio to see family and visit Lanterman’s Mill, a… [Read More]
