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Profile Response: Hillary Brown, New York, NY

If books reveal affinities among people, Hillary Brown and I are twins. I never met anyone whose library is so similar to mine. There is a certain logic in this. Hillary and I are both architects schooled during the period … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “We go to church. Jesus Christ will come again.” Noborto, fitness walker, Middlebury, CT How will we live tomorrow? “Will we live tomorrow? That’s the question. I listen to the news but I let it … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Kirsten Strigel Carter, Supervisory Archivist, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library was the first presidential library, and the only one actually used by a president. Prior to FDR, presidential papers were considered private, and kept (or not) without any particular system. FDR decided to donate his … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Alex Meyer and Kelsey, Poughkeepsie, NY

“No one in the United States understands what drives people to leave where they are and come here. We have forgotten that struggle.” Alex Meyer is 6’-8” tall. His girlfriend Kelsey is 6’-2”. Kelsey admits they hit their heads all … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “Look at your heart Tell me how you feel. Are you happy where you are? Do you want more? Dream big. It can’t be too big to come real.” Danny, singer songwriter, Austin, TX How … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Rick Demers, School Chef, Danbury CT

What’s a guy supposed to do when he’s been cooking since age 15, graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, runs the kitchen at a swank Greenwich CT country club where he meets and marries a knockout Rumanian who proclaims: … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “I have been influenced by Valerie. I was 36 when we got married. I was the kid in the wonder years. Valerie is my best friend. I have a lot of optimism about the future. … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Maura Hallisey, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CT

“There is more done with pens than swords” – Harriet Beecher Stowe “You are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.” – Abraham Lincoln “Women are the architects of society.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe I … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Maralis Martinez, Willimantic, CT

We gauge our place in the world not just by where we are, but also by where we came from. Maralis Martinez was born in Puerto Rico but spent most of her youth in New Britain, CT, living with a … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Alice Rubin, General Manager, Willimantic Food Coop, Willimantic, CT

Not many businesses would fill in the front parking with native plants and a patio. But the whole point of cooperatives is to do business differently. The green front yard in front of the former A&P turned Willimantic Food Coop … Continue reading

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