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Nomadic Family Retains Traditions, Accepts Changes to Survive

JARGALANT, Mongolia – We left the capital, Ulaanbaatar, by vehicle early on a mid-summer morning, traveling no...

Obstacles – and Worse - Threaten Environmental Activist Determined to Speak Out

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – When I met Sukhgerel Dugersuren it took about 30 seconds to know we would be having a...

In Mongolia, 800 Years After His
Death, Genghis Khan Still Rocks

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – In the land of Genghis Khan, it’s only fitting when you fly into the Mongolian capital...

Mongolia Journey Conjures Up Thoughts
of Genghis Khan, Nomads and Yaks

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – The road from the airport to the capital city evoked images of the American West. Vast...

Unlikely Flea Market Find
Sends Family Treasure Home

TOLEDO, Ohio – When Tim Casey walked into Consign-It-Home Interiors on Central Avenue one morning in late May,...

Helina Tilk Combines Several
Careers into One Busy Life

TALLINN, Estonia – Sometimes you meet people so accomplished in so many different disciplines you wonder: How...

City Architect Challenged with Planning Strategy in Centuries Old Capital

TALLINN, Estonia – Seven days on the job as this capital city’s architect and Andro Mänd's mind was spinning....

Fintech Leader Promotes Green Investing For Self-Reliance

TALLINN, Estonia - When Triin Hertmann tells me straight away at our first meeting she doesn’t have her “A” ga...

Home Away from Home No Problem for American Guitar Restoration Maestro

HELSINKI, Finland – If Scott Morgan’s life were a sheet of music his personal geography would run up and down...

The Ultimate Fan - and Family Man

A battered Mike Schwartz revels in an epic 32-31 victory by his beloved Oregon Ducks over Ohio State on a beau...