What I’m good at
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Tag Archives: history
Radical moves gain attention
I’m excited to watch this movie about the trial that resulted from the 1968 protests at the Democratic National Convention. …
Roxane Gay on moving to the left
This section in Roxane Gay’s Nov. 5 New York Times column made me think of the manuscript I’ve written about …
We’ve been here before: What lessons can we learn from WWII?
During World War II, households stockpiled butter. Today, it’s toilet paper. “Lots of people are unemployed because of the crisis.” …
We’ve been here before. What lessons does the 1918 influenza pandemic hold for us today?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my great-grandparents, Mary and Vincent Zimny, because they died in the 1918 influenza …
Are you a “Straddler”?
This is my dad. He’s probably 11 or 12, which would make it right around 1955. He’s having fun in …
A story revealed through census records
Ancestry let me know the other day that I had some documents to review and add to my tree. A …
More than a fondness for plants and cats
This short description of Camilla Hall appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 18, 1974 — the day after …
George Herter kept me laughing all night
This book nearly jumped out at me at the used bookstore in Mankato the other day. I was browsing shelves …
French-Belgian WWI memorial, Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen
I recently visited a friend in Copenhagen for a whirlwind 40 hours, and for about an hour of that time …
