© 2007 Brooke Allen brooke@brookeallen.com http://www.BrookeAllen.com Originally published in International Family Magazine Colleges have become marketing experts. They work very hard at convincing you to send them your child and your money. You have to do the work yourself to find out why you shouldn’t send them either. “Admissions.” “Hello, is this (name of aContinue reading “College Thinking”
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Tricky Economics
© 2006 Brooke Allen brooke@brookeallen.com http://www.BrookeAllen.com Originally published in International Family Magazine We once attended a “Tricky Tray” fundraiser. It offered some excellent economics lessons. If you haven’t experienced one of these is, I’ll explain. “Tricky” means what you expect and “Tray” comes from both the French word “très”, which means “very”, and the SpanishContinue reading “Tricky Economics”
Everyone Knows Father Moran
© 2006 Brooke Allen brooke@brookeallen.com http://www.BrookeAllen.com Originally published in International Family Magazine As a young amateur radio operator (ham call sign: N2BA), one of the more interesting people I spoke with on short-wave was Father Moran (ham call sign: 9N1MM). He was born in Chicago in 1906. In 1929 he moved to India. In 1949Continue reading “Everyone Knows Father Moran”
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