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On hearing the British speak like Americans
The other night, I complimented a woman on her jumpsuit and told her that I love jumpsuits and [...]
Seizing the day in Cambridge
A few days before I embarked on the trip, every single family member and friend told me to [...]
Attempted kayaking in Galway
A pattern quickly emerged — left, right, spin in a circle, left, right, crash into canal wall. [...]
“Pulling the trigger is hard”
A few days ago I opened Facebook to find that friends in Israel had taken cover in a [...]
Got a free weekend? Jump off a cliff.
Being blocked on the road by a dozen sheep on the way to jump off cliffs was definitely [...]
Is this the real life, is this just Ireland?
I understand now why the people here have such a strong connection to the land. [...]
The Absence at the Table
Really, we can only guess the answer to the question: “What happened to our grandparents?” [...]
Gone to Galway
“Packing is always a nightmare,” – Stefanie Powers I don’t know who Stefanie Powers is — although Wikipedia [...]
‘He was the only one to survive’
There is an inscription outside the visitors' center of Yad Vashem, the World Center for Holocaust Research, located [...]
First Thoughts on Israel
Why here? As horrible as it sounds, those were the first words that popped into my head as I [...]
