Author Archives: Ron Pavellas

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About Ron Pavellas

reader, writer, a sometimes poet

“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

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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

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