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Photo by George J. Tanber

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...

Photo by Dick Abraham

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...

Photo by George J. Tanber

Reindeer-Herding Family Combines Old School
Ways with Innovative Entrepreneurship

INARI, Lapland – When I first arranged with Raisa Kitti to meet at her Lapland home, 165 miles north of the Ar...

Photo by George J. Tanber

Finns Near Shuttered Russian
Border Face Uncertain Future

IMATRA, Finland – Miia Torikka had just received a dispiriting phone call when I dropped in on her at the busi...

Janne Wickman and his wife, Lorena:  Don't know why we're No. 1

American Reporter Seeks Unhappy Finns

HELSINKI, Finland – I arrived in this under-the-radar Scandinavian country sandwiched between Sweden and Russi...

Photo by George J. Tanber

The Nine Lives of Barra Grande

BARRA GRANDE, Brazil – I’m sitting at a beachfront café table overlooking the Atlantic in Barra Grande, the vi...

Photo by George J. Tanber

Parnaiba River Delta Journey: Natural Diversity Beyond Compare

PORTO DOS TATUS, Brazil – On a warm spring morning we motored up the Rio dos Morros, working our way through a...

Photo by George J. Tanber

At 92, Soccer’s Legendary ‘Thin
Man of Steel’ Lives on

TERESINA, Brazil – When you meet Carlos Said for the first time you are struck by his voice – or lack of it. M...

Photo by George J. Tanber

Unique Family Winery Tackles Challenges in Uncertain Climate

SAN JOSE, Uruguay – When siblings Tamara and Alejandro Rovere assumed control of the family winery in 2013 upo...

Photo by George J. Tanber

Old-School Gaucho Develops New-Age Career

KIYU, Uruguay – Where there are cattle – lots of them – there has to be cowboys. That was the assumption I had...

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