Author Archives: Ron Pavellas
“North Dakota is still the least visited state in the nation”
The quote is from an article in The Writer’s Almanac, published daily on the Internet by americanpublicmedia.org. My immediate reaction was to visit North Dakota but I quickly, and practically, let that impulse fade. This created a disappointment in me … Continue reading
In Praise of German Culture
Learned Through My Father My father was a Germanophile even though we haven’t any family history rooted in the Germanic peoples, except for a Dutch ancestor who emigrated to Nieuw Amsterdam in the 17th Century. Dad belonged to the German Club … Continue reading