ILEANA JOHNSON

My view of the world through personal experience, travel in Europe and North America, research, and living 20 years under communism.

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Cash is King and Freedom

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My grandmother always kept cash under the mattress, and my grandfather stashed his precious silver and gold coin collection in a tin box whi...
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Saturday, October 4, 2025

Hurry Slowly

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It is early October, the days are cooler, trees are shedding their yellow and brown leaves, but my lilac and azaleas have bloomed again. The...
Friday, October 3, 2025

Bacon, Beans, and Moldy Flour

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John Wesley Powell's expedition floating down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in 1869 was running low on food rations; the storag...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Desolation Canyon and A Pair of Well-Worn Drawers

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On July 8, 1869, the famous expedition of John Wesley Powell down the Green and Colorado Rivers through the Grand Canyon took an almost dead...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

The Propaganda Industrial Complex

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The nostalgic posts of communists yearning for Ceausescu's communist reign of terror are the human equivalent of dogs howling because th...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Occoquan and Mom's Apple Pie

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T oday I visited my favorite minerals store in the small historic town of Occoquan. It is a lovely stop on Hwy. 123, with picturesque hills,...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

The Radicalization of American Students to Communism

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The radicalization of American students into communism started long time ago but it has accelerated in the last forty years. Public school t...
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