Category Archives: Through History

Observations about and from history: the world at war, the making of nations, the changes in cultures.

Clark’s Lookout, MN

Posted on 13 August 2017 by Isabel Gibson

Exploring with Lewis and Clark. Continue reading →

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Hurricane Isabel and Me

Posted on 13 September 2015 by Isabel Gibson

A reflection on my own experience of Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Continue reading →

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In the Face of Dreadful Odds

Posted on 24 April 2015 by Isabel Gibson

“That’s a story every Australian knows and, now, you do too.” I stand there, brought up short. It isn’t the first time. It’s been all of four hours since we met our Melbourne tour guide. We can see he’s lanky … Continue reading →

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What It Is to Scale the Heights

Posted on 22 March 2015 by Isabel Gibson

Putting genteel Georgia behind us, we angle across rural northern Florida to the Gulf Coast and hang a right. And then we drive. And drive. Most of those two days in early January is spent on the who-knew-it-was-so-wide Florida panhandle, … Continue reading →

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Yellow Stars & Uniforms

Posted on 26 October 2014 by Isabel Gibson

Will we triumph over evil? Continue reading →

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