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The Discreet Traveler: Ireland. April 2015
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Friday, April 24, 2015. Ireland. April 2015. Dún na nGall, Co. Donegal, is a place of stunning rural beauty. I was immediately struck by the familiarity of the landscape. With its hills- not high mountains- roosters crowing to wake us up early in the morning, and checking the dogs for ticks, it reminded me a lot of my original home, Upper East Tennessee. I could understand why the Ulster Scots ( see previous post. When they reached the Southern Appalachians, felt at home. Twenty-plus years ago I sat in a...
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The Discreet Traveler: May 2014
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Thursday, May 1, 2014. Dual nationality: Frequently asked questions. The most helpful and comprehensive information I’ve ever found about dual citizenship is at. Http:/ www.richw.org/dualcit/. Here are TDT’s answers to questions that seem to come up often about dual citizenship. What is dual citizenship? Dual citizenship is not a special status in itself. A citizen of country A is just like any other citizen of A, and if she is also a citizen of B, then country B will treat her just like any other ci...
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The Discreet Traveler: October 2014
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Coming out: The X factor. Given that America, like most places, has viewed homosexuality as wicked since more or less the beginning of time, approval by a wide majority represents a watershed not just in contemporary politics but also in cultural history.". Is an excellent analysis of how much change has happened in the United States, specifically around same-sex marriage. What struck me most, however, was the second illustration, a very simple graph. Or dyke, or the other term...
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The Discreet Traveler: March 2015
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Thursday, March 19, 2015. Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia, by Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr. This is a book that is going to stay with The Discreet Traveler for a long time. As the title suggests, it is about travel—the migration of music, and the people who sang and played it, from one country to the next (and back). If there is anything I love as much as travel and books, it is music. I bought Wayfaring Strangers. Celebrating my fortieth birthday in a Paris b...
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The Discreet Traveler: September 2014
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Thursday, September 18, 2014. Dual Iranian-U.S. citizen: trouble in Iran. Have you seen this news story. Basically, Jason Rezaian, a dual Iranian and American citizen, has been detained for eight weeks in Iran. No charges have been announced against him, which is in keeping with the way Iran treats its citizens. And there is nothing that the United States can really do, other than ask Iran to release him. Be careful with those passports and where you travel on them. Saturday, September 13, 2014. Every da...
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The Discreet Traveler: Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia, by Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr
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Thursday, March 19, 2015. Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia, by Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr. This is a book that is going to stay with The Discreet Traveler for a long time. As the title suggests, it is about travel—the migration of music, and the people who sang and played it, from one country to the next (and back). If there is anything I love as much as travel and books, it is music. I bought Wayfaring Strangers. Celebrating my fortieth birthday in a Paris b...
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The Discreet Traveler: The Y factor
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015. CNN is (finally) reporting "3 Muslim students shot to death in apartment near UNC Chapel Hill." These murdered students volunteered to give dental care to Middle Eastern children as well as help their homeless neighbors. It is being reported that the killer was an atheist. When will we notice that the one common denominator among almost all American terrorists is not a religion, but a sex? Are the “lone wolves” who commit acts of terrorism women? My author Web site. Walking ...
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The Discreet Traveler: We are Charlie, and Clarissa, and Ahmed
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Friday, January 9, 2015. We are Charlie, and Clarissa, and Ahmed. I’ve been thinking about how to respond to the killings that took place in Paris this week. Ten members of the staff of. A satirical weekly, were killed, as were two police officers trying to protect them. Another police officer was killed yesterday. Her name was Clarissa Jean-Philippe. She was only 27 years old. After the initial shock of the news, reports came in that the killers were Islamist terrorists. Let's be clear that freedom of e...
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The Discreet Traveler: June 2014
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Friday, June 20, 2014. Thank you, readers, for your comments. One of you has asked what The Discreet Traveler thinks about the irony that same-sex marriage is now recognized by the U.S. government, but not by many state governments. The bewildering array of state laws and the layers of state vs. federal government confuse even Americans. But never fear—TDT is here to be your guide. Loving v. Virginia. Loving v. Virginia. States are required by the Constitution to recognize each other’s contracts, b...
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The Discreet Traveler: July 2015
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015. The other night, our neighbor passed away. My family's neighbor, the woman who lived across the road (not street) from my parents, for as long as I can remember. Annie. As a child in the South, I learned to call most grownups Miss or Mr. somebody- even if it was their first name. But Annie was just Annie. That's what she insisted everybody call her, whether her own age, my parents' age, or mine. She'd laugh and laugh. And, my sister tells me, she could cook a mean squirrel. Jesus...
