“San Francisco” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Pedro J. Jiménez From January 1973 through March 1975, I lived in San Francisco while studying at San Francisco State University. Before I enrolled, a package from the registrar’s office arrived with a list of what I needed to bring with me on the day of registration. One requirement: the result of a chestContinue reading “S is for San Francisco”
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R is for Romania
“Romania-1727 – Peles Castle” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by archer10 (Dennis) (70M Views) I learned I had been selected for a Fulbright grant to teach English in Romania just weeks before I expected to leave Iran in July of 1977. And I was astonished that a friend was able to find a Teach-Yourself-Romanian book in Tehran so I could get aContinue reading “R is for Romania”
Q is for Qatar
“Doha, Qatar” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by . Shell The summer of 1987, before I arrived in Doha in October of that year, the governments of Qatar and Bahrain adopted threatening postures towards one another, the result of a dispute about the Hawar islands off the coast of Qatar. Both countries claimed the islands, which can be seen from theContinue reading “Q is for Qatar”
P is for Paris
“Paris” (CC BY 2.0) by Moyan_Brenn Who doesn’t love Paris? There’s just one thing wrong with it for me–I kept being sent back there when I really wanted to see some other places, too. My first trip to Paris was in December 1987 1977, during the New Year’s break at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași (pronounced “Yahsh”), Romania,Continue reading “P is for Paris”
O is for Oman
“Al Dhalam Souq IV” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by andryn2006 Oman sparkles. In the three years, from 1996 to 1999, that we lived in Abu Dhabi, we drove to Oman several times. And every time, we felt a difference when we crossed the border. The streets looked as though they had just been swept for our arrival. The rocksContinue reading “O is for Oman”
N is for North Dakota
“John Deere Combine” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by SnoShuu One of my favorite posters during my college days was a white background with a single black line drawn across it from left to right. It wasn’t a straight line, but almost. It ran parallel to the bottom of the poster for about two thirds of the way and thenContinue reading “N is for North Dakota”
M is for Moldova
“Kishinev morning” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Clay Gilliland When the former Soviet Union broke apart, the small country of Moldova was one of many that emerged from its ruins. Many pundits expected it wouldn’t last, that it would be absorbed by its neighbor to the west, Romania, as part of a grand reconstruction of what had been theContinue reading “M is for Moldova”
L is for Lake Winnibigoshish
“Minnesota Lakes” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by evinella I thought I was too old for family vacations. I wanted to stay home, alone, while my parents took my five siblings. Dad wouldn’t say where we were going. He had never done that before–not told us. But Mom insisted I not stay home alone. I don’t think she thought IContinue reading “L is for Lake Winnibigoshish”
K is for Keren
“Keren Public Library” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Book Aid International Lisa, a teacher from Texas at the Asmara International Community School, introduced me to Keren, Eritrea. Or perhaps it was Keren that introduced me to Lisa. It happened in the Keren Public Library. Once a month, Lisa and her daughter went to the Keren Public Library where the USContinue reading “K is for Keren”
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