This month, lots of short notes of support and opprobrium. We guess you’re busy working off those holiday pounds and credit card bills. Jeff S. writes from Hastings to say he recognized himself in last month’s western-wear fashion shoot, and could he please have an extra copy of the issue to keep for posterity? We … Read more
At the top of a high hill on the north side of Amman, Jordan, a Baghdadi grocer tends his tiny store. In a ten- by twenty-foot space, he’s crammed just about anything a reasonable person could need: eggs and milk in an uncooled refrigerator, meat in tin cans, shampoos and soaps in faded, dusty bottles, … Read more
Bruce writes: The attached picture was taken at Havre, Montana on Wednesday Oct 12, 2005. I am standing next to Great Northern locomotive 2584. This 382 ton locomotive fascinates passengers on Amtrak’s Empire Builder. Built in 1930 to pull the Empire Builder and other Great Northern passenger trains, 2584 was placed on display next to … Read more
Alan writes: Here is a picture from the Royal Palace in Visegrad, Hungary. King Corvinus made this palace his summer home and it is said the red marble fountains in the palace flowed with wine. We are sitting on a wall overlooking the Danube. Author(s) and Location: Alan and Sandy Flom
The Rake in Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan. Author(s) and Location: Andrew Hine, St. Paul
Christine writes: This photograph was taken in Ulan Bataar, Mongolia while doing medical work there in October 2005 with forheartsandsouls.org. Christine Larson RN of Stillwater was part of a team of 21 doctors and nurses who went to Mongolia to screen children for heart defects. The team also taught surgical repair of minor heart defects … Read more
Dave writes: We took this while in Glacier Bay, Alaska a couple weeks back. PS- I really enjoyed Musicapolis (6/05). I am 44 and grew up watching and listening to many local and regional bands. Thanks, Dave Author(s) and Location: David and Kelli Muller, Minnetonka
Cindy Jindra writes: Much to the delight of our Overseas Adventure Travel companions, we brought along our Rake as we enjoyed a two-week trip on the back roads of Costa Rica. This issue was passed around until it fell apart. Of course, the volcanic mud bath really took a toll on the condition of this … Read more
Kate Hearth shared some extracurricular reading material with her son, Nick, in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Nick was working at a field school of the University of California-Riverside Archaeology Department, about 25 miles west of Cancun. Kate and husband Steve visited Nick and helped him and his work partner map several Mayan dwellings at … Read more
Sara Stiles, of Edina, writes: For your wonderful magazine: Giddy for Gondolas! I visited Venice, Italy in late September this year, on a tour with 46 other people. I caught up on a little Rake reading before boarding my gondola, and left my copy of the Rake at St. Mark’s Square for the locals to … Read more