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I’m teaching English to a German woman who is pregnant and two days past her due date. Actually, she speaks English very well so we just talk and as we do, she’ll learn to sound a little less formal and become familiar with our complexities, homophones and illogical grammar rules. Think about it: The bandage was wound around the wound. The farm was used to produce produce. They were...

In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Her trip started out memorably when she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter, and she even was invited to watch him at work in his studio. Now, she's on her way to Germany. The following diary entry appears in her autobiography, "The...

Terschelling, Netherlands, June 1964 She was skipping the rope that, on the other end, was tight up on the stoop bench, while she stood across the street and my friend was jumping. She had been jumping for such a long time, she started to pant. That's the thing I remember best about that sunny day. That, and the heat. Mama was a pretty good 'skipper', you could...