One Country at a Time
Posted in All About Me, Knoxville, North America, SVV, Tennessee, The Dirty South, USA on Sep 6th, 2010
When I decided to transfer schools just for my journalism classes—Sewanee was liberal arts and, thus, had no specific majors as such—and wound up at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, I hemmed and hawed and hemmed some more. Practically everyone I know from my hometown goes there (there were 30 alone from my graduating [...]
Posted in Jonesborough, North America, Photo Friday, Tennessee, The Dirty South, The Travel Bug, USA on Aug 6th, 2010
It’s sad how you can live in a state most of your life and never explore half of its eccentricities, beauty and quirks. This is my relationship with Jonesborough: a missed connection—until now. In fact, I didn’t even know the lovely town existed until I wrote my Tennessee Curiosities book last winter and included the [...]
Posted in Gettin' Hitched, Jonesborough, North America, Tennessee, The Dirty South, USA on Jun 23rd, 2010
No, we’re not talking about my wedding again. (That will come in due time when we get the proofs back from the photographer!) Rather, SVV and I flew a bazillion hours back from Taiwan starting Thursday to make it to my good friend Lahla’s wedding in East Tennessee on Saturday. Because who would have wanted [...]
Posted in Lynchburg, Photo Friday, Tennessee, The Dirty South, The Travel Bug, USA on Jun 4th, 2010
In anticipation of my two-and-a-half weeks back in Tennessee at the end of the month—and getting to show SVV’s parents the ropes in their foray into Southern culture—I dipped into my archives and found these photos of the great town of Lynchburg. Now, most people around the world have heard of Lynchburg for one reason: [...]
