Carolyn Schott
It’s here! The 2nd edition of my book, “Visiting Your Ancestral Town,” is now available with a special price of…
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Toilet customs can be mysterious. I never thought so growing up. You did what was necessary, dropped the toilet paper…
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I had a moment of travel discomfort last night. I met a colleague for dinner at our hotel in Dakar,…
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My alter ego, Anastasia, went for a walk in Dakar this afternoon. Anastasia made her first appearance several years ago…
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I love how family stories just pop up sometimes. Like last night. I’d called my aunt to talk about a…
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My decision to boycott Russian goods was an easy one. Russia is invading Ukraine. My travels to Ukraine have made…
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Some family stories can be proven. Some can’t. But sometimes those stories leave a trail of clues. My dad was…
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Even before I first saw the Berlin Wall in 1983, my Cold-War-era childhood filled with black-and-white movies of Soviet spies…
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I feel like I’m in a WWII novel. One friend mentioned posters going up in public places like schools, directing…
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A funny thing happened as I ate my way through Fremont. I’d stepped up the pace of my eating, desperately…
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