Travel
Escape to Bok Tower
Sometimes solace is found in moments, a few minutes here and there, on a quiet bench or kneeling beside a pond of amazon lillies. Here, with a friend, we both found a few last minutes of peace in the late…
Driving Central Florida
For teachers without children, teachers who begin getting restless after weeks of lagging routines and absent obligations, hopping in the car and driving down the road is a way to kick start the mind. After more than fifteen years in…
Striving for Peace in the Keys
Today is my wife’s birthday. And while she hopes to be climbing up the Matterhorn by this time next year, the fact is, she’s had a really rough last few months, with a health issue that she can’t seem to…
Another Try on Carter
Shortly after I entered the state of Georgia, former President Jimmy Carter and his wife released a statement saying that they had underestimated the time needed for his recovery. But I still finished the drive and captured the most appropriate…
Notre Dame on Fire
I remember the day we passed by Notre Dame along the river in 2017. I remember that day because we were taken aback by its grandeur. There was simply no photo that could thoroughly capture the beauty of what we…
Historic Serenity with FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, so often beloved in American presidential history, a man quietly crippled for the bulk of his administration by the effects of polio, had originally come to Warm Springs, Georgia during the 1920s, hoping to find a cure.…
The Oldest Living President
This week, with the passing of George H. W. Bush last November, Jimmy Carter became the oldest living president in American history. But this week also coincided with my trip through Georgia, where I visited the place Carter was born,…
Atlanta, Georgia
Aside from testing my fear of heights in a towering hotel (I literally got weak in the knees and couldn’t look down), my visit through Atlanta was mostly rooted in historical reverence, visits to the Carter Foundation as well as…
A Seminole in Gainesville
On Friday, I took a road trip with a good friend to one of the last major cities/towns in Florida that I had yet to see or cause to visit. We caught the sunrise, walked the campus, watched some butterflies,…
Andrew Johnson’s Grave
Whether you love them or hate them, some of the greatest presidents are buried in some of the most obscure and humble yards while some of the most notorious presidents have been raised up with glorious headstones in the small…
