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“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” — Saint Augustine I was recently granted an awesome opportunity to travel to South Korea for five days.  After a fair amount of hemming and hawing about whether I could go and should go, I…

“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” ― Gustave Flaubert I have been writing on this blog for two months now and amount of things that I have learned have been monumental. There have been incredible highs like when a post is well-received or I…

“You cannot open a book without learning something.”  — Confucius Is there anything more powerful than a book?  What else has the power to educate, spread the imagination, foster fantasies, and inspire change?  What else can detach your feet from this earthly world and transport you to another alternate universe? …

It was hot that Tuesday morning.  Oppressively hot.  The sun was just rising and already the day was blanketed in stifling heat.  Cruel and unrelenting heat. Teams of migrant workers – many from Mexico and in Illinois for just a matter of weeks – headed out into the dense cornfields…