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History of Surgery

The Museum of Surgical Science includes a room dedicated to the pioneers of medicine.   For daily pictures you can … More

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Introduction to Surgery

My trip to the Middle East started before I could tell you about one of my finds in Chicago.  Now that … More

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Preserving the new as well as the old

I am always a little bit amused by the definition of ‘old’ in the US when compared to European architecture. … More

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Chagall in Chicago

When I lived in Zürich, I visited the Fraumünster and was awed by the stained glass windows there created by … More

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Upgrade for the last leg

My last journey on this USA Rail Pass was on the Cardinal from Charlottesville back to Chicago.  A friend was … More

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Back on the road (tracks?) again

This is a scheduled post likely to be old news to anyone following me on facebook.  To keep my WordPress … More

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Evanston street art

The tracks for the metra train connecting Evanston to central Chicago are raised around Roger’s Park.  The concrete walls of … More

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Chicago Below

I experienced and wrote this a while ago to be posted when I have a lull in travel tales to … More

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Touristing Chicago

While I was in Chicago, I did many of the things a good tourist should do.  I visited The Bean, … More

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Heading south through the Midwest

Leaving Fargo, we entered Minnesota and caught glimpses of farmland usually shrouded in darkness for passengers of the Empire Builder. … More

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