Making Valentine’s Happy

Date:  Valentine’s Day, 1972 Setting: The Student Union Lounge of a college in Chicago Characters: Two college students Me:  So, are you going to ask me to marry you?  Husband-to-be:  Uh, well, we are sitting here discussing our wedding date. Me:  I know, but I’d feel better if you actually asked me to marry you. …

Hari Paskah

It was Passover/Easter in the Spring of 1982 in Bandung, Java, Indonesia.  We had been living in this bustling Asian city of 6 million since the first of the year in order to attend language and culture training.  Now it was a holiday and we decided to celebrate with some of our new friends.  We…