Georgia O'Keeffe makes sense.
"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for." --Georgia O'Keeffe
Robert Sobukwe: How Can Man Die Better?
Have you heard of Robert Sobukwe? I hadn't until last year on Robben Island. If you pay attention to the world, you know that Robben Island (similar to our Alcatraz) was the prison island on which Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years of incarceration for standing...
Home from South Africa
Since I didn't have adequate internet to blog while traveling, I'll try to catch up a day at a time. However, here's something I want to share right away. This was one of the posters used in the anti-apartheid campaign. With Stop the Seventy Tour (STST) and the Fair...
Greg LeMond and Tom McCaslin
I have had a very interesting last couple weeks. My next blog post will be all about that, and that I am finally confident that I am indeed going to South Africa on Thursday. As of the weekend, it was still a bit up-in-the-air if I would have a ticket or not....
The Color of Freedom
Tonight, I am watching a movie that I've had from Netflix for a couple weeks and haven't taken the time to watch. I regret that. It's the story of a warder assigned to guard Nelson Mandela, first on Robben Island, then in Victor Verster. The latter is where Mandela...
Tour de France, Cobblestones, Rain, George Hincapie, and Jackson Brevet
Today, the Tour de France routed through the rain over several sections of wet cobbles in the northern tip of France. Chris Froome, the favorite for GC (General classification/yellow jersey) crashed out. I couldn't help but think of George Hincapie's strength...
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