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Rome’s Ostia Antica – For Travelers Who Like to Stray from the Typical Track

September 7, 2015 By Guy St. Clair

  The Roman Road—Ostia Antica’s Main Street To anyone who knows much about Italian history and Rome, there’s so much to see that no journey could enable you to take in everything. Oh, I suppose if you changed your life and went to Rome to live for a few years, you might get to see …

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Filed Under: Travel

“A Victory for America”

June 26, 2015 By Guy St. Clair

The words of President Obama. That line says it all. I don’t think I can remember such a remarkable ten days in my lifetime. Someone can probably remind me of other events that come close in importance, for describing what it’s like for us to be citizens in the United States. Yet when I look …

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Filed Under: History, Personal History

“The King and I” – A Classic American Musical Returns to New York

April 16, 2015 By Guy St. Clair

Spring has come (finally) to New York and with it an event all of us are celebrating.Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I has arrived with a full-scale revival, and there’s no better way to say it: this is one of the most beautiful stage productions ever to arrive in what many consider to true home …

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Filed Under: Music

Other Voices: Mitzi Perdue Talks about How – For Frank Perdue – Knowledge Sharing Was Simply Part of Sharing – It’s What He Did

February 9, 2015 By Guy St. Clair

[Two weeks ago, on Mon Jan 26, I posted an interview with Mitzi Perdue at the SMR International corporate blog. It was part of SMR’s “Other Voices” series, profiles of leaders in knowledge management and knowledge services. Since the profile was published, several followers of this personal blog have asked to see the post. Happy to …

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Guy’s Homage to WWI (3): Holiday Greetings from the Front

December 25, 2014 By Guy St. Clair

A reference in Mark Bittman’s column yesterday (An Atheist’s Christmas Dream) reminded me of a special World War I moment I had earlier in my life. Here’s what Bittman wrote: Today marks the 100th anniversary of the “Christmas truce” of World War I, when soldiers from both sides left their weapons in the trenches and …

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: " World War I (France), "Christmas truce, Christmas cards, World War I (England), World War I (postcards)

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