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pen4hire on July 9th, 2010

France on Friday Comments until midnight on Bastille Day (July 14) make you eligible for France prizes. See the News Page for another book giveaway. Destination: Paris Movie: Amelie (2001) (English subtitles) But surely you have seen Amelie? Have a listen to a piano version of the sound track:

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pen4hire on June 18th, 2010

I DO hope that you check the page entitled News once in a while. Yesterday’s news: The blog Travel Babel gives readers up-to-date-news and winter sports suggestions. Based in Colorado, but roaming the world. Author Claire Walter‘s current post lists travel literature that has fueled her travels and gives a nice tip of the hat [...]

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pen4hire on May 12th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: West Virginia Movie: October Sky (1999) There is no question in my mind that West Virginia would like to be known for more than coal mining, and yet the industry so defined the state, that a movie set in a coal mining town seems a perfect introduction to a [...]

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pen4hire on May 11th, 2010

Destinaton: Chonquing, China Book: Under the Huang Jiao Tree: Two Journeys in China September, 2009,(presently in 3rd printing) by Jane Carswell Winner Whitcoulis Travel Book of The Year 2010 Not until we are lost do we begin to discover ourselves. Henry David Thoreau. There are always two journeys, the outer and the inner. Jane Carswell.

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pen4hire on May 6th, 2010

My April trip took me to Fredericksburg Texas, and also to the Lyndon B. Johnson  childhood home and the “Texas White House”, his ranch on the Pedernales River in beautiful Texas hill country. Blue bonnets were in bloom, and we were reminded of the legacy of Lady Bird Johnson. Although we could take photos inside [...]

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pen4hire on April 7th, 2010

Great American Road Trip Destination: New Jersey, (plus a little of Connecticut and Cooperstown, New York.) Book: Independence Day (1995) by Richard Ford. This Book won PULITZER Prize for Literature AND Pen-Faulkner Fiction Prize. Let’s hope that Richard Ford is not reading this. 

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pen4hire on March 28th, 2010

Destination: Michigan Book: Traveling Michigan’s Sunset Coast: Exploring Michigan’s West Coast Beach Towns – from New Buffalo to Mackinaw City,(2007) by Julie Royce A Guest Post by Dr. Jessie Voigts

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pen4hire on March 24th, 2010

Great American Road Trip Destination: Buffalo, New York Book: City on the Edge by Mark Goldman My great aunt Maude Bartlett lived in Buffalo with her husband, dearCarlos.  She always referred to him as though his name had three syllables. I never visited Aunt Maude in Buffalo, and Carlos died before I was born. 

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pen4hire on March 22nd, 2010

Destination: Iran Book: Inge Morath: Iran Additional text by Monika Faber and Azar Nafisi and edited by John P. Jacob. Review copy provided by the publisher, Steidl, Germany.

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