Aging on the Run: Travel Blog
In October 2023, my spouse and I retired and sold our house in Minneapolis, MN. USA. Since then, we have been traveling the world. I write a blog about each place, with a historian’s eye and an internationalist lens, wondering how memory can liberate the present.
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My Grandparents’ Rent Control Apartment in Queens
At a recent community forum on rent stabilization in Minneapolis, my City Council member argued that rent control was not a good instrument for addressing poverty or racism because it also benefits...
Monumental Trauma
In the South Korean drama Rain or Shine, (to avoid a spoiler go to next paragraph), two survivors of a building collapse, interview other survivors about what kind of memorial they want. The...
“I DON’T READ.”
Peddling my book, I keep hearing this confession: I don’t read. I can’t read. I am not a reader. At a table on Lake Street in Minneapolis a man said, “I can’t believe I’m telling you this. I...
Adriana Cerrillo: Elevates Immigrant Voices to Change Racist Policies
https://turtleroad.org/2016/06/09/adriana-cerrillo/
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In October 2023, my spouse and I sold our house in Minneapolis, MN. USA. Since then, we have been traveling the world. I write a blog about each place, with a historian’s eye and an internationalist lens, wondering how memory can liberate the present.
My Grandparents’ Rent Control Apartment in Queens
At a recent community forum on rent stabilization in Minneapolis, my City Council member argued that rent control was not a good instrument for addressing poverty or racism because it also benefits...
Monumental Trauma
In the South Korean drama Rain or Shine, (to avoid a spoiler go to next paragraph), two survivors of a building collapse, interview other survivors about what kind of memorial they want. The...
“I DON’T READ.”
Peddling my book, I keep hearing this confession: I don’t read. I can’t read. I am not a reader. At a table on Lake Street in Minneapolis a man said, “I can’t believe I’m telling you this. I...
Adriana Cerrillo: Elevates Immigrant Voices to Change Racist Policies
https://turtleroad.org/2016/06/09/adriana-cerrillo/