Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 8, 2023 in Blog, Essays |

It was 32 years ago this week that Marieta and I went on our first date together in Bucharest, Romania. This was the first picture I ever took of her (actually, this is from our second date–I was lucky to pass the audition). Not bad for the pre-smartphone photo days.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Nov 12, 2022 in Blog, Essays, Personal, Politics |

Here’s a story you might enjoy:
In 1989, I was a student at the Foreign Service Institute. This was to be my first assignment, headed off to Romania.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 18, 2021 in Blog, Book Reviews, Politics |

Ion Pacepa’s life was right out of a John le Carre spy novel.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 7, 2020 in Blog, Politics |

A desperate plea to the last of the die-hard Trump supporters — this is your final chance to get aboard with reality and be on the right side of history.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 6, 2020 in Blog, Personal |

Here’s the story of meeting Marieta Dalla in Bucharest, Romania in 1990. We’ve been married for 30 years now. A love story with photos.
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