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TBT: No easy trek to Holy Island, Northumberland

By Artur S.Posted on September 24, 2026September 24, 2026
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Way back in the day in October 2017, as a 22-year-old American studying abroad in Scotland, I decided to take a day trip to see […]

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Throwback Thursday: war reenactment in Yorkville, IL., 2004

By Artur S.Posted on December 23, 2021June 29, 2024
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Pictured here is myself, aged nine-years-old, at a Second World War reenactment held on 11 September 2004. The event commemorated the sixtieth anniversary of the […]

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