Where are you from?

here at the pfister
they come from all over
the north and south
the east and west
here and there

3 months and 200 voices whisper of miles on the road and meetings to attend
time with family and with old friends

their names and their stories fill my pages
they tell of crossed borders, histories not forgotten and time gone by

“lithuania to milwaukee”
“ukraine to chicago”
“chicago to nashville”
“italy to long island”
“canada to philly”
“north carolina to milwaukee and back again”
“all the way from new orleans”
“a thousand miles and more”

where they were born, where they have lived and where they live now
become the answers to my question “where are you from?”

canada
finland
india
italy
lithuania
macedonia
romania
ukraine, the united kingdom and the united states
arizona
arkansas
california
district of columbia
florida
georgia
hawaii
iowa
illinois
indiana
kentucky
louisiana
maine
michigan
minnesota
missouri
new york
north carolina
ohio
oklahoma
oregon
pennyslvania
puerto rico
tenessee
texas
virgnia
washington
wisconsin

10 countries, 25 states, countless cities, a carribean island, our nation’s capital, and home