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11 Aug, 4 tweets, 2 min read
President Harry Truman's boyhood home in Independence, Missouri. Now, I believe, a private residence. Image
Just a few blocks away, Truman's home after he was married. And which he used as his "Summer White House" from 1945 to 1953. Sadly closed due to COVID, so we'll have to come back someday to see inside. Image
The Masonic Lodge that Harry Truman belonged to. Image
And nearby, the childhood home of First Lady Bess Truman, who Harry says he fell in love with at age 7, and courted for several years until he returned home from World War I. Image

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Animals I have had actual encounters with in the wild:
- a tiger (did not see, but heard it growl)
- a pack of stray dogs in Greece
- a very big and scary dog in Tibet
- a very well-fed and sedate crocodile
- a rhino making noise outside my hut
- many, many monkeys over the years
also a sloth bear, though my guide was quite concerned it just sat there.
I guess the crocodile(s) weren't really wild. But they were big.
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Ready to depart along the Oregon Trail from its starting point at Independence, Missouri. Image
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Inside the American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. ImageImageImageImage
Monument to jazz musician Charlie Parker, a native of Kansas City, outside the American Jazz Museum. Image
Inside the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, next door to the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, telling the story of Black baseball stars in a segregated America. ImageImageImage
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