Lifelong Learning

Slavery in America

Did you know that thirteen of the first fifteen United States presidents owned slaves? This stat is quite well-known among historians, ...

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Traveling With A Purpose

Traveling with a purpose is the latest buzz-phrase in the travel business, and I always get kind of a kick out of it, because I can’t...

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My Library

My library has a really cool feature. If you have read more than one Trail Talk, you may be surprised to learn that I spend very...

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What I Was Taught

It is embarrassing to open a sentence with, “I was taught”. I like to think of myself as a free-thinker even in my developmental...

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Censorship is Obscene

There is a sign on a shelf of my living room library bluntly stating that “Censorship is Obscene”. I’m guessing this may require a bit...

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My Favorite Things

From all accounts it appears that everybody today has a bucket list, and travel is almost certainly on it. We even tout a few of our...

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I Cannot Live Without Books

Thomas Jefferson famously stated, “I cannot live without books”. In fact, this quote is so well-known that you can find it on tote bags...

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The Curiosity Quotient

Do you know what your curiosity quotient is? OK, I don’t either, but the very name intrigued me when I ran across a book with that...

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The Learning Experience

We have certainly come a long way from the days when American schools began to introduce media – ever so cautiously – into the curriculum...

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