Author: Charles
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#4 Dates, Dives, and Diadems
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As my departure for Japan draws ever closer, I find myself fascinated with the mundane experiences of my home. Anyone who has moved a great deal of distance from their…
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#3 Welcome to the Jungle
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#3 Welcome to the Jungle Chicago. The city of rebels. From the upsetting, upchuck-inducing stockyards of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle to Theodore Dreiser’s warning tale of the indefinite climb up…
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#2 Boxcars and Broken Brakes
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#2 Boxcars and Broken Brakes When I was a kid, our first home was right next to the train tracks. And I mean coal cars traveling at 45mph was less…
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#1 “I’m Going on an Adventure”
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At the age of thirty-two, I have now moved thirty-four times in my life. My family seems to think I’m possessed by some spirit of wanderlust, a devil of adventure…