https://ilsemunro.com/2022/07/17/deprived-of-decades/2022-07-18T19:50:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/contacts/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/8c22224d-60b2-444f-8bda-13feecacb61a_ukraine_poland.jpg.webp8c22224d-60b2-444f-8bda-13feecacb61a_Ukraine_Poland.jpghttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1400x-1.jpg1400x-1https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-on-1-24-14-at-1-02-pm.jpgPhoto on 1-24-14 at 1.02 PMMe in Ellicott City, Maryland at the start of 2014. (Photo: Ilse Munro)2022-04-16T22:32:31+00:00weekly0.6https://ilsemunro.com/about/2022-04-16T19:39:15+00:00weekly0.6https://ilsemunro.com/2022/03/29/what-was-what-will-be/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ziloniela-e1648590225170.jpgzilonielaThis was my birthplace. https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/e0yu.jpge0yuhttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/parents-wartime-wedding1.jpegParents' Wartime WeddingThis was where my parents wed.2022-03-29T23:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/about/about-me-2/brief-bio/2022-02-20T19:49:20+00:00weekly0.6https://ilsemunro.com/2014/12/17/reconsidering-sentiment/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/18811_4911104933453_391330689_n.jpg18811_4911104933453_391330689_nhttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/60889_4911096013230_276218774_n.jpg60889_4911096013230_276218774_n2021-12-17T19:47:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2021/12/13/starting-from-scratch/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jurgis-holiday-dinner-1-e1637439043747.jpegJurgis Holiday Dinnerhttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ijford.jpegIJ,FordMe, posing with our brand-new Ford sedan. (Photo: my mother, Elza Jurģis) 2021-12-13T19:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2021/07/13/private-parts/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/149849130_2195806857385585_962641083455895361_n.jpg149849130_2195806857385585_962641083455895361_nOne of a series of cartoons created by writer Anete Konste and artist Reinis Pētersons.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/30741017_1574506132848997_792282871812325376_n.jpg30741017_1574506132848997_792282871812325376_nThe #IAMINTROVERT campaign team at the 2018 London Book Fair.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ij-vl-1.jpegIJ, VLMe with a Latvian family friend, Valda Levensteins.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/vj-patria-ceremony.jpegVJ, Patria, CeremonyMy father, Victor Jurgis (center left), at a Patria ceremony.2021-07-13T18:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2021/04/13/ethel-street/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ij-en-marshas-bp.jpegIJ, EN, Marsha's BPOma and me on our way to Marsha's birthday party.2021-04-15T17:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2020/03/02/on-grandfathers-and-ukraine/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/red_guard_vulkan_factory-resized-e1575581021133.jpgRed_Guard_Vulkan_factory Resizedhttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/red_guard_vulkan_factory.jpgRed_Guard_Vulkan_factory2020-03-02T17:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2019/11/24/steering-clear-of-camps/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ij-altach-baby-carriage-1.jpegIJ, Altach, Baby Carriage 1https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image.jpegimagehttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dpcampmap.jpgdpcampmapDistribution of DP camps across Allied occupation zones. (Source: Mark Wyman's DPs: Europe's Displaced Persons, 1945-1951)https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/postcard-ej-to-mrs-w-e1550175283623.jpegPostcard EJ to Mrs W2020-03-02T16:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2019/07/04/are-we-better-than-this/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/lead_720_405.jpgBoston School Integration 1974Boston court-ordered school desegregstion in 1974.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/john-dean-515108232.jpgjohn-dean-515108232John Dean testifying before the Watergate Committee in 1973.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tower-documentary.jpgTexas Tower Sniper Victim 1966The University of Texas mass shooting in 1966.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/17clpt8eusp74kv5wkcxzew.jpeg1*7cLPT8eUSP74kV5WKCxzewPregnant women at the Jane Collective in 1969-73.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/11_07_002003.jpg11_07_002003A school bus convoy during court-ordered desegregation in the 1970s.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1gi75xhk2w7m3suqhpvrisg.jpeg1*Gi75xHk2w7m3sUqHpVrIsg2019-07-07T17:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2019/01/29/my-many-names/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/50663772_2051029494993540_1943521741376585728_o.jpg50663772_2051029494993540_1943521741376585728_ohttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/51119379_2051029421660214_8315815472633217024_o.jpg51119379_2051029421660214_8315815472633217024_ohttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/51348117_2051029468326876_1861796309099347968_o.jpg51348117_2051029468326876_1861796309099347968_ohttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/49716245_2028409920588831_5230579411232751616_o-1.jpg49716245_2028409920588831_5230579411232751616_o-1Garšoja labi!https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/50084404_2028409877255502_2482656015242231808_o.jpg50084404_2028409877255502_2482656015242231808_oKad torte nošļūc pa slidkalniņu.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/49726478_2028409787255511_4180633308075393024_o.jpg49726478_2028409787255511_4180633308075393024_oPirmie apēdās laši, nākošie - skumbrijas kumosi.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/49716184_2028409773922179_135412497707433984_o.jpg49716184_2028409773922179_135412497707433984_ohttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dolls_house20_print.jpgdolls_house20_printGretchen Hall as Nora Helmer (center) with (from left) Fred Arsenault as Torvald Helmer, Jack Koenig as Dr. Rank and Nisi Sturgis as Mrs. Kristine Linde in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, translated and adapted by Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey and adapted and directed by Kirsten Brandt, March 23 - April 21, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.2019-02-03T00:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2013/11/22/blow-winds/2022-07-31T20:14:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2018/12/17/seasons-greetings/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/creche-kb-michigan-2012-e1513533078929.jpgcreche KB Michigan 20122018-12-18T02:39:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2018/06/08/to-leave-or-to-stay/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/636632085922997639-img-2438.jpg636632085922997639-IMG-2438Syriana after the 2018 flood. (Photo: Christal Hayes)https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/13723953_694765993994799_1760594467337288805_o.jpg13723953_694765993994799_1760594467337288805_oThe historic marker on the building housing Syriana.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/25488307_976508665820529_1294215788030209866_o.jpg25488307_976508665820529_1294215788030209866_oThe kitchen in Syriana during the 2017 holiday season.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/photo409162o-1.jpgThe Lauman HouseThe historic marker on Alda's former building.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/photo409163o.jpgThe Lauman Househttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4472-647x485.jpgIMG_4472-647x485Khaldoun re-opening Syriana after the 2016 flood. (Photo: Mike Murillo)https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/34394802_10213761744135885_4719492338961874944_o.jpg34394802_10213761744135885_4719492338961874944_oAlda's former building after the 2018 storm. (Source: Geoffrey S. Baker)https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/202623_4363490123425_146504293_o.jpg202623_4363490123425_146504293_oThe Obladi opens in what was Alda's building in 2010.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/616819_4363454522535_1711399980_o.jpg616819_4363454522535_1711399980_oAlda (87) meeting my mother (90) for lunch in 2005. (Photo: Ilse Munro)https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/636631008273961913-epa-usa-flood-ellicott-city.jpg636631008273961913-EPA-USA-FLOOD-ELLICOTT-CITY2018-12-12T20:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2018/06/24/welcome-to-america/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ny-1529464901-nesx2oupwa-snap-image1.jpegny-1529464901-nesx2oupwa-snap-imageA border patrol agent takes a youngster into custody in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, where at least three facilities are holding "tender age" migrants. (Photo: John Moore / Getty Images) https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/postcard-ej-to-mrs-w.jpegPostcard EJ to Mrs WA postcard from my my mother to our sponsor in the States.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ij-immigration-photo-e1529589928332.jpegIJ, Immigration PhotoMy passport photo for the United States.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/am-vm-vj-ij-em-ethel-street-e1618068552989.jpegAM, VM; VJ, IJ, EM. Ethel Street2018-12-12T19:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2018/04/11/a-book-about-sentient-beings-great-and-small/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/30594583_1572612883038322_5868340651204018176_o-e1523463975632.jpg30594583_1572612883038322_5868340651204018176_oThe Latvian London Book Fair exhibit area.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/29983690_10155836199748371_5692393720937452106_o.jpg29983690_10155836199748371_5692393720937452106_oElīna Brasliņa with her students' work.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/30516049_10155714572298717_4346821376762445824_n.jpg30516049_10155714572298717_4346821376762445824_nRūta Briede with her "Modern Wolves."https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/suns_04_eng_01-4.jpgSUNS_04_ENG_01 4https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/suns_04_eng_01-3.jpgSUNS_04_ENG_01 3https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/suns_04_eng_01-2-e1522238609869.jpgSUNS_04_ENG_01 22018-04-12T22:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2018/02/21/it-wasnt-always-like-this/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/new_guns_630_0228.pngnew_guns_630_0228https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/imrs-2-php.pngimrs-2.phphttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/imrs-1-php.pngimrs-1.phphttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/violence-stylized2.jpgviolence-stylized2https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/homicides-1900-20062.jpghomicides-1900-20062https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/jr-high-field-trip-1959-2.jpegJr. High Field Trip 1959 2https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/jr-high-field-trip-1959.jpegJr. High Field Trip 19592018-03-16T09:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2017/09/26/reading-dh-lawrence-in-grand-rapids-mi/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/lover.jpgloverThe first banned book my father placed in our basement bookcase and I foundhttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/vj-middle-aged-moody.jpgvj-middle-aged-moodyMy father, Viktors Jurģis, at the time he revisited Lady Chatterley in Grand Rapids.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-628831638_wide-7324469255c3d17f646ba7e7872a64e1535bb0f1.jpggettyimages-628831638Betsy DeVos, picked by President-elect Donald Trump for education secretary, speaks during the USA Thank You Tour last month in Grand Rapids, Michhttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/betsy2-devos-lnew-cmg.jpegbetsy2 DeVos lnew cmghttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/zju284cacj4jnkz4ps5w4tpfxa8.jpgzJu284cacj4JNkZ4pS5W4tPfxa8Grove Books owner Barney Rosset in 1967. (Source: The New Yorker)2017-09-26T18:56:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2017/08/22/monuments-and-museums/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/21statue5-superjumbo-1.jpg21statue5-superJumbo-1https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tour-highlight-vietnam-and-monument-_-istock_000063717879_large-1030x686-1.jpgTour-Highlight-Vietnam-and-Monument-_-iStock_000063717879_Large-1030x686-1https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-museum-of-the-occupation-1.jpgthe-museum-of-the-occupation-1https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/riga-sovietarmy-statue.jpgRiga.sovietarmy.statue2017-08-22T14:43:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2017/01/03/bread-salt-and-water/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0412-e1483283747648.jpgimg_0412https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_04181.jpgimg_04182017-03-11T22:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2016/09/29/before-the-storms-begin/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/image001.jpgimage001https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/160303085722-restricted-02-migrant-crisis-0303-super-169-e1474823590359.jpg160303085722-restricted-02-migrant-crisis-0303-super-169https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/image-adapt-960-high-refugees_1.jpgimage-adapt-960-high-refugees_1https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/omfp-6261.jpgomfp-62612018-03-16T15:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/novels-2/nation-of-hereos/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nyc19304.jpgNYC19304https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/im-sikorsky-id.jpegIM Sikorsky IDOne of my many IDs as a national defense consultant.2016-09-11T14:45:31+00:00weekly0.6https://ilsemunro.com/2014/10/02/what-to-do-when-stranded/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/247775_10151263900811388_964805281_n.jpg247775_10151263900811388_964805281_n2016-08-01T12:19:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2016/05/22/me-as-mammal/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zeke-im.jpegZeke, IM2016-05-23T15:14:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2016/04/19/the-nativists-and-me/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/180964-004-208b24d4.jpg180964-004-208B24D4Some non-native plants, animals and microbes. (Source: Encyclopædia Britannica)https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/20150207_wom911.png20150207_wom911https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/w1_audubon-bird-value.jpgw1_audubon-bird-valuehttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eco_biodiversity_map_v5.jpgECO_biodiversity_map_V5https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/forestregimesprojected.jpgforestregimesprojectedhttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/131.jpg131https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_1090.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2016-05-08T13:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2016/01/19/so-long-laima/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/felled-weeping-willow-116.jpgFelled Weeping Willow 1:16The sad stump where the weeping willow once stood and Laima once lived. (Photo: Ilse Munro)https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bine_dievs_mara_laima.jpgbine_dievs_mara_laima2016-02-10T16:38:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2016/02/09/no-big-deal/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/b061129ar.jpgRiga Summit - Family portrait with Heads of State and GovernmentFamily portrait with Heads of State and Governmenthttps://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2010-12-07-at-12-03-11-pm.pngscreen-shot-2010-12-07-at-12-03-11-pmEighteen women world leaders. (Source: TEDwomen) 2016-02-09T23:28:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2016/01/06/so-you-know-about-guns/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bay_village_boston_ma_-_view_4.jpgBay_Village,_Boston,_MA_-_view_4https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/21-melrose-st-boston-ma.jpg21 Melrose St, Boston, MA2016-01-06T19:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/stories/cold-and-hungry-and-far-from-home/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ethel-street-house-snow.jpegEthel Street House, SnowOur Ethel Street House, the first place we lived on our own in America.https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/407301_3023299579499_608029130_n.jpg407301_3023299579499_608029130_nThe image selected by Atticus Review for my story "Winter Wonderland" (2012).2015-11-25T22:27:09+00:00weekly0.6https://ilsemunro.com/2015/11/23/lost-lost-lost/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2014_jonas-mekas-portrait-boris-lehman_001.jpg2014_jonas-mekas-portrait-boris-lehman_0012015-12-07T15:53:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/about/being-displaced/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/leaving-altach-for-dp-camp.jpegMy family and me, ready to emigrate.2015-11-22T17:00:22+00:00weekly0.6https://ilsemunro.com/2015/01/12/satirize-something/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/w14-08-14-1.jpgW14.08.14-1https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/w15-01-08-2.jpgW15.01.08-2https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/146958_600.jpg146958_600https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/toon032614.jpgtoon0326142015-11-20T16:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2015/11/19/the-last-time-i-saw-paris/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ij-ej-vj-seine.jpegIJ, EJ, VJ Seine2015-11-20T16:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2015/11/03/a-good-day/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vj-ij-deck-chairs2.jpegVJ, IJ Deck Chairs2015-11-09T20:04:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ilsemunro.com/2015/09/08/debt-of-honor/https://ilsemunro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/55eadd926.jpg55eadd926Syrian children wearing colorful blankets provided by Austrian volunteers wait to be transported into Austria. 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