As usual, my photographer’s alarm rang at precisely 6:00am. It was Wednesday May 19, 2021 and from my perch alongside the TV in our Dahlgren, Virginia hotel room, I watched as he and Mongo got ready for the day. While…
Month: June 2021
139: YOU SAY TYLER; I SAY TAYLOE
My photographer’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Tuesday May 18, 2021 and I was anxious to hit the road for two reasons: First, I knew I was headed for a tour of John Tyler’s ‘Sherwood Forest’; and this time the…
138: MONTICELLO – AN AMERICAN CHATEAU
When the alarm clock rang at 6:00am on Monday May 17, 2021, I nearly jumped off the television stand and into the camera case due to pure excitement. Even though we had three hours to wait before Jefferson’s home opened,…
137: JEFFERSON’S OLD STOMPING GROUNDS
The weather was mostly overcast when our alarm rang at 6:00am on Sunday May 16, 2021. The more I thought about it during the night, I truly believed that Tom and Bob selected Wytheville as their place to spend the…
136: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANDREW JOHNSON
Tom’s alarm went off at 6:15am on Saturday May 15, 2021, which was a tad bit later than usual. But since we were only two blocks from our first site of the day, my photographer enjoyed the extra 15 minutes…