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First day out on my trip to Michigan, my Hertz rental car needed service; happily I could have it done the next morning in a lovely rural setting
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This bit of WV even had a historical monument I could walk to while they worked on the car
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What's left of the pavilion at the 19th century Blue Sulfur Springs Resort
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About the paviion at the 19th century Blue Sulfur Springs Resort
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Morning dew highlighting this spider's creation
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A statue of Lincoln stands before the capitol building in Charleston, WV
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Recounting better days in WV
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Just south of Lexington, Kentucky is the Denny House, where I stayed on the second night of my trip
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My room had the upstairs porch from where I could see that this had once been a horse farm
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Waiting for my breakfast at the inn where I stayed just south of Lexington, Kentucky
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My mid-morning stretch and bathroom stop also included some sightseeing
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Childhood friends, Karen & Kent, lived in this white house next door to our brick house in Evansville
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Funny how things from childhood seem smaller when you're an adult
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We often played at Messiah Lutheran Church, across the road from our house
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How many times did we pass through this intersection?
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My first high school looks mostly the same
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My elementary school was walking distance from Willard Library
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We came regularly to borrow books and enjoy a story
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This is one of the librarians who read us stories
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I attended Trinity Lutheran School for five years
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With Helen, my best friend from elementary school
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Now in Bloomington, visiting my friend Martha, she walks me around IU's campus, which is home to some famous murals (unfortunately, that building wasn't open)
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How the Thomas Hart Benton murals came to Indiana University
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Benton's painting -- against bigotry -- has been misunderstood
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We pause in front of Indiana University's theater so I can take Martha's photo
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Finishing our walk, we come back to the brook that meanders through the Indiana University campus
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So happy to hear "Paris Nocturne" again -- from one of my favorite pianists
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Shannon & Ruth -- together again 40 years (!) after our exchange program in France
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Back in one of my French classrooms in Stanley Coulter
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Marta & Ruth on a tour of campus
