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The Wall I Knew

The Wall I Knew

January 30, 2019 · by Linda Strange · in Germany, USA

On a cold Sunday afternoon in January of 2019, two years after the Obamas, taking their grace and civility with…

What They Remember

What They Remember

August 19, 2017 · by Linda Strange · in Cape Verde, Trinidad, USA

It’s been the summer of meeting up with former students, students I haven’t seen in more than a decade, a…

Where We Come From

Where We Come From

June 25, 2017 · by Linda Strange · in Czechoslovakia, England, Germany, Hungary, Moravia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, USA

A family history is a collection of stories, stories told and retold and made old not so much by the…

A Cruel June

A Cruel June

June 17, 2016 · by Linda Strange · in Uncategorized

It goes on. Last Sunday morning we woke up to read about yet another mentally ill individual who went out…

My Immigration Was Better Than Your Immigration

My Immigration Was Better Than Your Immigration

August 30, 2015 · by Linda Strange · in Mexico, USA

You have to feel sorry for the Republicans. They finally manage to field two candidates who speak fluent Spanish, who…

Amerika 2015

Amerika 2015

January 12, 2015 · by Linda Strange · in USA

There is a widening perception in the country that the American Dream is a tattered and fraying garment slipping quickly…

Fruits of the Earth

Fruits of the Earth

July 15, 2014 · by Linda Strange · in Canada, Finland

Nadine Gordimer died today, the great South African writer, though I had actually sat down to write about another great…

Stockholm’s Burning

Stockholm’s Burning

May 28, 2013 · by Linda Strange · in Sweden

Stockholm’s burning. That city I went to 33 years ago as an exchange student in the summer of 1980, that…

Coming to America

Coming to America

December 11, 2012 · by Linda Strange · in Uncategorized

“You all memorized the Constitution, right?” the thin, blonde lady immigration officer asked a packed courtroom in Hartford, Connecticut last…

Boat People

Boat People

November 22, 2012 · by Linda Strange · in Uncategorized

So, Thanksgiving is once more upon us, the season in which where I work, little lines of boys and girls…

School Days

School Days

October 17, 2012 · by Linda Strange · in Uncategorized

So the Taliban are now shooting girls who want to go to school, are they? Not that this is really…

The Pip Squeak Sikh

The Pip Squeak Sikh

August 15, 2012 · by Linda Strange · in USA

Several years ago, on the first day of school, a young child was delivered by their mother to the class…

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