Post Views: 51 It has been a few days since I returned, specifically last Saturday, when I left Wichita for Chicago. The journey was calm, but the American woman sitting next to me wasn’t very open to conversation, and she didn’t give me the opportunity to share the trip with her. One interesting thing I noticed is that small planes […]
Post Views: 226 Helene Longhofer Tonight marks my last evening in Wichita, and just a few days ago, Helene thoughtfully bought some cards for my children, promising to teach me a Japanese game using them. Even at 84 years old, she hadn’t forgotten her promise and carefully guided me through a game I had never encountered before. Amid all the […]
Post Views: 37 “Çka do që hyn në minierë, mbetet aty.” Kjo ishte njëra ndër fjalitë që thanë ciceronët e Minierës së Kripës në Kansas, një nga më të mëdhatë në botë. Si një fëmijë që është rritur duke parë serinë “Lois and Clark – Superman,” për mua ishte mahnitëse të shihja kostumin e veshur nga Dean Cain në rolin […]
Post Views: 87 “Whatever enters the mine, stays there.” This was one of the phrases uttered by the guides at the Kansas Salt Mine, one of the largest in the world. As a child who grew up watching the series Lois and Clark – Superman, I was fascinated to see the costume worn by Dean Cain in the role of […]
Post Views: 174 “I am Helene, I am 84 years old, and my name is Helene, just like Hurricane Helene, which started on my birthday.” These were the first words Helene spoke to me at the Kansas airport on Friday afternoon when I arrived from Washington, ready to spend a whole week with her. In my first article, I mentioned […]
Post Views: 30 “I am Helene, I am 84 years old, and my name is Helene, just like Hurricane Helene, which started on my birthday.” Këto ishin fjalët e para që më tha Helene në aeroportin e Kansasit pasditen e së premtes, kur aterova nga Uashingtoni për të kaluar një javë të plotë me të. Në shkrimin tim të parë, […]
Post Views: 33 “Vetëm një gjë duhet të kemi frikë, dhe ajo është vetë frika,” janë fjalët e thëna nga presidenti amerikan Franklin D. Roosevelt në fjalimin e tij inaugurues më 4 mars 1933, kur mori detyrën si president i Shteteve të Bashkuara. Ky citat, së bashku me shumë të tjera, është gravuar në memorialin e Franklin Delano Roosevelt, i […]
Post Views: 107 “Only one thing we have to fear, and that is fear itself,” are the words spoken by American President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his inaugural address on March 4, 1933, when he took office as President of the United States. This quote, along with many others, is engraved in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, located in Washington, […]
Post Views: 23 Even if it means living the same day twice,” were the last lines I wrote at the conclusion of the first chapter of this adventure. I’m now in the 30th hour of September 25th, sitting across from the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill. I have yet to see Washington in the daylight, as we arrived at 7:00 […]