John E. Riutta
From the monthly archives: June 2011
As most travelers do, I brought back far more souvenirs from my recent trip to Europe than I expected I would. However in my case, most of these were not the usual t-shirts, ash trays, or little statues of famous landmarks; they were observations and ideas inspired by things I had seen, people with whom I had talked, experiences I had had, and even food I had eaten.
Continue Reading →Which is why I found it so curious that after returning from an extended trip out of the country during which I had neither the time either to watch television or listen to the radio that I found myself, upon getting into our family’s car at the airport, about to turn it on for the drive home – but I didn’t
Continue Reading →Unlike in previous years, the final day of school for our daughter this year was not a day of celebration so much as it was a day of sadness and uncertainty. The small rural public school that she attended will not exist next year – at least not as it has in the past.
Continue Reading →When I was a boy, the world was divided roughly in half. Part of it, the part I lived in, was the land of the free and the home of the brave, a land of limitless opportunity where all the people were healthy, strong, and good looking.
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