London skyline. Image: Elliott Brown (CC BY 2.0). Thank you for your letter and for asking, once again, about the welfare of my brother. As you can see, I am writing to you from London, as was the case last time. Indeed, I will be here for many more months and probably years. I am a …
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Though sound has ceased Within this dainty box, Who will presume To say its music Has been totally released? Is it not tinkling even now Around this very room? Lilts lightly in upon the dawn— And not by chance Makes even darkness dance? Ah, you must allow When love’s the key, Mute music boxes Blithely …
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Americans love to travel. Immigration, Manifest Destiny, the Great Migration—the instinct to light out for Somewhere Else seems coded into our national DNA. In honor of that ancestral urge, the July/August issue of The Saturday Evening Post features road trips inspired by the pioneer routes and trails that opened up this country to expansion. Here …
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