Today, April 13, 2023, is the 280th anniversary of the birth of our third President Thomas Jefferson, who was born at his father’s Shadwell Plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia in 1743. I, on the other hand, was born in China sometime…
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222: JUST PLANE FUN ON BLACK FRIDAY IN DAYTON
As soon as my photographer’s alarm went off at 6:00am in our Dayton, Ohio hotel room, I couldn’t wait to hit the road. It was Friday November 25, 2022; which was more than just Black Friday to me. That’s because…
157: PROUD TO BE A CRAZY HORSE STORYTELLER
When our alarm rang at 6:30am on Sunday October 10, 2021, my photographer hopped out of bed and immediately went to the window to see if the sky was clear. But the sun wasn’t scheduled to rise for another half-hour,…
150: R-E-S-P-E-C-T FOR ROSA AND ARETHA
I was standing on the kitchen shelf waiting for our short trip to Dearborn, Michigan to begin when I envisioned a certain blonde from the 1950s and 60s singing “Happy Birthday Mr. President”. But instead of Marilyn aiming her affection…
126: A TALE OF TWO COTTAGES
Once the alarm rang and my companions got packed for the day, Vicki headed to the lobby of the Hyatt Place hotel in Poughkeepsie for some breakfast. But it was Sunday July 12, 2020 and due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
108: UNFINISHED ENDING AT THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE
Vicki was happy; she got to sleep-in an extra hour on Saturday July 13, 2019. My companion’s alarm clock went off at 7:00am, and that was due to the fact that we were less than one mile from our first…
102: ENTOMBED, YET ALIVE, IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL
When the alarm clock went off at exactly 6:00am on Thursday May 16, 2019, my first thought of the new day was I was happy to be alive. Although my head was still kinked slightly to the right and both…
57: LOOKED FOR LARA; SETTLED FOR FALA
My photographer’s phone alarm went off precisely at 5:00am on Sunday July 9, 2017. The first thing Tom did was look out of the room’s window to check the weather – luckily for us there wasn’t a single cloud in…