by Howard Blount | Jan 18, 2015
Join me as I journey to Alabama to retrace the route of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights, following in the steps of the heroes and martyrs who led the way. [toc] Retracing the Selma to Montgomery March As a child of the South I knew about racial...
by Howard Blount | Oct 22, 2014
The third offering in our original travel quote memes series is dedicated to AUTUMN, my favorite season of the year. As before, some of the featured quotes are borrowed, but all of the designs are unique to our site. Although these quote memes are not uniquely travel...
by Howard Blount | Oct 12, 2014
This third installment in a three-part post about an Appalachian autumn road trip from Florida to Georgia is part of our Retro Roadtrip series. Note: The following revised and annotated post is part of our new Retro Roadtrip series. This 3-part post is about an autumn...
by Howard Blount | Aug 30, 2014
Our second collection in a series of original travel quote memes. Please Pin, Tweet, Instagram, Facebook, and fling them capriciously across cyberspace. The second offering in our original travel quote memes series is especially meaningful to us because it reflects...
by Howard Blount | Aug 12, 2014
Our first collection in a series of original travel quote memes. Please Pin, Tweet, Instagram, Facebook, and fling them capriciously across cyberspace. I love adages, maxims, aphorisms, proverbs, couplets, musings, observations, thoughts, and quotes. If you combine...
by Howard Blount | Jun 20, 2014
A photo-essay for readers who frequently ask about Pinebox, my North Georgia mountain cabin. [toc] Pinebox: My Mountain Cabin I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to. —Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cross Creek, 1942...
by Howard Blount | Mar 31, 2014
How quotes about change by Clara Barton and Henry Thoreau from over a hundred years ago resonate with a traveler to Gettysburg NMP and Harpers Ferry NHP. [toc] What Clara and Henry Taught Me: Quotes About Change Last summer’s major road trip was a doozy! We took...
by Howard Blount | Sep 8, 2013
Hike a figure-8 trail through giant trees in North Carolina’s Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, honoring the poet of the beloved poem “Trees.” [toc] Hike the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest I have hiked the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest twice. The first time...
