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Fiona Highlights: Kyrgyzstan – A Felt Experience
Fiona Highlights is a series of posts where Fiona shares some of her favorite experiences in the tours she has enjoyed through her travel business, Creative Safaris. This highlight has a tour coming up in April 2026: Kyrgyzstan—a-felt-experience.
August 23, 2025 -
placemaker’s news: august 2025 – immigration
Our newsletter has moved over to our blog! This first one talks about different themes we will be writing about and invites participation from all of you. Immigration is featured with two stories from Australia and one about my great grandfather who immigrated from Iceland to Minnesota (USA).
August 11, 2025 -
Immigration: Sanctuary in Tasmania – Rita Summers Art Quilt
Immigration series: Rita Summers shares the journey of how her family ended up in Tasmania, Australia. There is the Dutch Resistance, isolation in Canada and finally, happiness in Tasmania! Rita created an art quilt celebrating the migratory steps.
August 6, 2025 -
Immigration: Icelandic Settlements in Minnesota
Featured image at the top: Donna Biel (nee Gislason) hiking with her Icelandic sweater. My Aunt Olive has spent decades documenting our family tree. She has researched churches, cemeteries, libraries and…
July 30, 2025 -
the creative arts safaris story – uniting cultures through travel
Fiona Wright shares her story of how she started Creative Arts Safaris, a wonderful travel company that focuses on building relationships and experiences around culture, art, food and architecture. www.creative-arts-safaris.com
July 18, 2025 -
hard times – a youtube playlist
Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. “Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in…
January 20, 2025 -
A beginning, a middle and an end in Ghana.
By Ellie Schimelman, also known as Aba Obroni Kakraba Director of Cross Cultural Collective in Ghana A beginning, a middle and an end… and you have a story. I’m not…
January 6, 2025 -
Art and Music in Bulgaria – An exciting journey through time and space!
Silvia Hara and her family play folk music from several countries, including Rebetiko music from Greece. She describes the instruments they use and presents videos of them playing at her house in Bulgaria.
December 19, 2024
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