Revisiting Austria
Here I am on my Experiment in International Living. In the summer of 1965 I traveled to Austria with nine other American college …
Violet Visits Virginia
Lilli and Violet visited us in Arlington July 19 – 26. Lilli had a business conference here. Every morning Violet took swimming …
Immigration Week at CHQ
For the fourth year in a row we were fortunate to spend a week at Chautauqua in western New York with our …
MusicLink Laureate
It was an honor in May to be recognized as a Laureate by the MusicLink Foundation for over twenty years of service. In …
Cherrydale’s Russia Initiative
The year was 1997. In a remote town in the Ural Mountains, two girlfriends in the same apartment building shared dreams. Anna …
Puzzling with Seurat
Our celebration of the Fourth of July with Carolyn and Phil Cohan at their Eastern Shore home started out rainy. Soon three …
California & Oregon
On June 17, Steve and I flew to San Francisco to meet Joe Simmons, whose wife Karen, Steve’s sister, died so suddenly …
Family and Friends
Lilli and Shelby and their families visited us in Virginia, June 10 – 16, to celebrate their birthdays, see friends, and assist …
Terrorism in Charleston
When I heard of the shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17, I realized that I had read about …
New York City Museums
Shortly after we arrived at the Manhattan apartment of Marjo’s friend, Rosemary Goldford, on May 22nd, we all set out to see …