for whom I write

for whom I write

by | Jan 21, 2010 | Deception, Russia, Soviet Union

In the winter of 2008-2009, Patrice and I taught English in Moscow to young Russian business people between the ages 25-40. English is the world language of commerce. If you want to get ahead, you speak English. It is how French speak business with Italians, Germans...
On the Edge of Things

On the Edge of Things

by | Jul 6, 2009 | Wisconsin

To grow up in the northwoods was to grow up on the edge of things. On Mother’s day, Highway 17 filled with cars heading north past patches of dirty snow that remained still in the shaded ditches. On Memorial day the flow reversed, the trees growing bare, the winds...