16 JAN 2018
I recently traveled to New York for the first time. Below is a picture from that trip. The Catskills in particular. Enjoy. Well, it's not really something to enjoy but something to think about. We live in a country where our proud, broken flag flies over a once proud, broken house. What does this say about our country? Why would they leave the flag behind when they left? Or did someone else put it up there after the residents were gone?
No easy answers here.
12 NOV 17
Americana. That quintessential essence that makes America what it is. Pictures of baseball, football, apple pie, surfing, jumping in a watering hole, Norman Rockwell paintings, BBQs, everything from the East Coast to the West and all the states in between, people of all colors, Alaska and Hawai'i, etc...
Here is a picture that illustrates what Americana means to me: a older gentlemen seated outside a building in downtown Natchitoches, LA, an American flag prominently on display nearby. I don't know what nationality he is, but it doesn't matter, does it? America is made up of all sorts of nationalities.
The town of Natchitoches has a very interesting history. It was originally founded as a French fort near the western border with Spanish territory.
In my stories I will convey different 'feels' for each country, letting the reader experience what makes the differing countries and nations unique.
