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Mind Wanderings: Moments in Salzburg, Austria

In the atrium of a large manor house at the top of the Mountsberg (a mountain) in Salzburg, Austria, two girls sit on a loveseat, dressed in what they think is winter clothing. The frame of the seat is woven from something like rattan and a red cushion (that looks like it’s from the 1970s) makes it a comfortable perch. There is a gray house cat curled up

Seeing the Aurora Borealis in Yellowknife, Canada

As we drove to the cabin in the woods, I looked out of the bus window and saw a silver cloud following us. Could this be it? I wondered. Am I looking at the Aurora Borealis? Arriving at the little cabin, we made our way onto the vast and snow-covered lake. In below-freezing temperatures, we looked up to the sky to see…