Dancing in the clouds.
In which I catch a glimpse of my youth.
Split Rock Lighthouse
Memories of a favourite picture book, and more besides.
Celebrating Democracy
It’s the 4th of July, 1976, and it’s time for me to say goodbye to my American life.
It’s 1976 and Mum and Dad come to the USA, to visit me.
My Dad springs a surprise and I discover the look of pride .
Adventure on The Empire Builder
In which I get lost and then found on The Empire Builder
Snow days
Snow has arrived in Minnesota already this year. My friends on Facebook are talking about it and two of my favourite Minnesotan bloggers are writing about it. Crooked Tracks has wonderful winter photos. littlelaosonthe prairie has advice on how to cope with snow for those from the tropics, especially Laos. […]
Me and The Mighty Mississippi.
During the summer of ’75 my AFS host family showed me around Minnesota. One memorable trip was to Itasca State Park and the source of the Mississippi River. Mississippi was famous to me as the word guaranteed to trip you up in any spelling test until you remembered […]
Breckenridge, Minnesota – my hometown for a year
Come with me down memory lane. I want to show you Breckenridge, Minnesota, my hometown while I was an exchange student during the 1975 -76 school year. These photos, except for one, were taken when I visited in 2006. Breckenridge sits at the junction of the Otter Tail and Bois […]
True Love in America
Suzanne Lenglen, from France, was a world class tennis player almost a hundred years ago. Never heard of her? Me neither. Not until I was researching this post. It turns out she and I have a lot in common. (Note to my kids: if you’re reading this – […]
How flat can a valley be?
“The beauty of travel, as of love or terror, is that it regularly turns all your ideas on your head and reminds you that you really know nothing at all.” Pico Iyer I’m used to a land crunched up on itself. The force of two tectonic plates grinding together […]
Jill's Scene 
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