Finnish Sauna Tribute

Today marks one of those landmark days that will always be special to me, wherever I am in the world.  It is my father Wally’s Birthday, born on Pearl Harbor Day.  He would have been 67 today. It feels like a bit of a time warp that it has only been two and a half…

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Royal Wedding Crashing

By total chance, I have ended up in London en route back to DC from Kenya on the big day of the royal wedding. I knew it was a bank holiday from my colleagues who I met with yesterday, but I didn’t realize until last weekend that I’d be here on the big day. I’m…

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Passing through Stuttgart

There is something about Europe that is so wonderful. I feel so fortunate to have lived in Finland for a year in high school as a Rotary Exchange Student to really get the full flavor of it. Every time I’m back, if only briefly, I’m captured by its style and sensibility. Street cars gliding along.…

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