In case you missed it, Tomi Lahren has regained control of her Facebook page. Which means that we are about to be inundated with new ‘final thoughts’—though, one has to wonder why they are ‘final thoughts’ if they’re now the whole show. Tomi lost her gig as Provocateur-in-chief at TheBlaze recently over some comments she made on The View. This…
I know most of you don’t understand what it’s like to ask “is dad coming home?” instead of “when is dad coming home?” That’s ok. I don’t expect you to. I know most of you have never had comfort your sister because she’s afraid her dad won’t come home. That’s ok. Not everyone could do…
After several weeks of drowning in coursework, I finally had a chance to visit the National D-Day Memorial again and, this time, I brought my camera! It was a chilly and overcast day but even so, I was able to get some great shots. The memorial breathtaking in the amount of symbolism it contains. If…
Historical Significance [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Virginia State Capitol has a rich and storied history. In 1780 the Capitol was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond, meeting in a hastily built temporary facility until the permanent capitol building could be completed. The permanent capitol building was designed by Thomas Jefferson and completed in 1788. The design was inspired by…
I decided to do a little exploring in Downtown Lynchburg, VA. It is a beautiful old town whose architecture just drips with history. The city was settled in the mid-1700s and experienced industrialization in the 1880s. The age of the city is apparent in its construction; you regularly find modern buildings right next to turn…
Originally written for Inside Out Magazine and published in Feb. 2015. At times in life it seems like nothing is going according to plan. The path, ever so carefully laid, seems to be crumbling at every turn. Your “Five Year Plan” is starting to look more like a pipe dream than anything else and you…
I can’t even begin to tell you how many posts I have written but never pressed the publish button. And I ask myself why. Why did I give up after the post was already written? After the hardest part was done, why is it that step I am most unwilling to take is to simply…