The tenth day of our eleven-day adventure began when Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Tuesday June 13, 2023. Within the next two hours, my companions had their stuff packed, their faces filled, and the three of us were on…
Tag: William Howard Taft
247: WE ALL FALL IN LOVE SOMETIMES
“Wise men say, we’re still in Oyster Bay. Sagamore’s now a memory, Ol’ Ted’s just a stone’s throw away. Painted eyes that tried to guide me, aching legs that still mystify me, yet it’s all worth it. We all fall…
227: RUB-A-DUB-DUB, TAFT IN A TUB ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
There have been times in our past when the President of the United States found himself stuck in a predicament that became rather embarrASSing. That’s right, not all of our Commander-in-Chiefs have been squeaky clean; even when they’ve tried their…
224: A DAY FILLED WITH TAFT, AND GRANT, AND WOLVERINES, OH MY!
My photographer’s alarm went off at 5:45am on Saturday November 26, 2022. Tom and I were anxious to hit the road as he had planned on the two of us visiting several William Howard Taft sites in Cincinnati before we…
151: THE FACE OF HISTORY CHANGED WITH GRACE
Fifteen days after I had visited The Henry Ford Museum with my photographer and Bob Moldenhauer, I was on the road once again – but this time Vicki was with us instead of Mongo. And that meant only one thing:…
141: THE DAY THE BOBBLE HEAD STOOD STILL
We had made it to the seventh day of the trip and Tom’s alarm rang at 4:30am on Thursday May 20, 2021. My photographer had a grand scheme to ride into Washington D.C. with Mongo and capture sunrise images at…
87: A DAY WITH NIXON WAS MISSION: POSSIBLE
After my photographer hopped out of bed at 7:00am on Monday August 6, 2018, he placed me into the camera case for a full day of Presidential sites. His wife, on the other hand, was dressed in beach attire and…