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John Schlimm is a Harvard-trained educator, advocate, artist, and the award-winning author of 19 books on dogs, memoir, entertaining/cooking, history, how-to, and essays.
“You are a leader. You just might not know it yet. Too often, we hear “leader” and think of the politician running a country; the CEO piloting a Fortune 500 company; the activist spearheading a social movement; or the celebrity…
“10:01 a.m.: Departure from Altoona’s Station Building in central Pennsylvania. Window seat aboard Amtrak’s 42 Pennsylvanian. Picture of a 92-year-old nun in my pocket. It will take seven hours to reach New York City where my memoir Five Years in…
Cradled in the lush countryside of Newfane, New York, is a small barn. Unassuming and barely visible from Coomer Road, one could easily drive right on by without seeing it and splash into Lake Ontario a few miles straight ahead…