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Devon is Dry
The rains came after a week of heat. Finally. Thank God. Prior to their arrival it was baking and Devon,…
![Corona in Connecticut, and Italy, and the UK, and California...](http://www.lindastrange.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/corona.jpg)
Corona in Connecticut, and Italy, and the UK, and California…
The Venetians have gotten their city back. Certainly not the way they wanted to get it back, not as the…
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Bon Voyage
Everyone wants to be liked, Americans, I think, more than most people, and English husbands of American wives want their…
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Hot, Hot, Hot
You knew it before you got there, knew it if you’re one of those people who checks weather.com before you…
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Wallis, This One’s for You
Finally, some good news for a change. Amidst the debacle of “tax reform” and what appears to be rampant sexual…
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The End of the World
In the nearly twenty years I’ve been teaching in the US public schools, I’ve had quite a few kids walk…
![Where We Come From](http://www.lindastrange.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/family-tree-150x150.jpg)
Where We Come From
A family history is a collection of stories, stories told and retold and made old not so much by the…
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2017: Brace For Impact
At the beginning of the Second World War in Europe, there was a period of time, eight months and one…
![A Little History](http://www.lindastrange.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/stick-figure-of-little-girl-150x150.jpg)
A Little History
They say if you don’t know your history, you’re doomed to repeat it and this certainly seems to be what’s…
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The Long Walk Across Europe
In December of 1933, a young man set out from England on a great adventure. His intention was to walk…
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November Anniversaries
Americans, who tend to shun both the specific and the historical, are today celebrating Veteran’s Day in one great, glorious…
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Savages
On the southwestern edge of the Wiltshire Downs in England, in the valley of the River Kennet, lies the ancient…
![Letter from England](http://www.lindastrange.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tillington-Church-150x150.jpg)
Letter from England
Normally, when you say you’re writing a letter from somewhere that’s where you are, but our time in England was…
![Rise and Fall](http://www.lindastrange.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wales-storms-150x150.jpg)
Rise and Fall
Even I, no nay-sayer of global-warming, have caught myself thinking it. When climatologists repeat their dire prediction that the world’s…
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London Calling
It’s raining in London. What a surprise. Yes, but it’s been raining for a long time, practically the whole summer…