Tag: America
-
Then I was…thinking about classic American literature.
If you have had a chance to read Brennan’s bio on the What We’re Reading page, you know that he has been on a mission to read “the classics” of American literature. Honestly, he’s read books that I never did. I wasn’t much of a reader when I was a kid, I much preferred to…
-
Then I was… Buying a coffee at my locally owned café
This morning, I went on a walk around my neighborhood, as I do. I love morning walks. At the tail-end of my walk, I decided to hit up my local coffee shop, Sense of Place Café. Sense of Place is a locally owned coffee shop, and I frequently visit there before starting work on weekdays.…
-
Then I was… Curious about humanity’s well-being in the 21st century (A series)
In the past ~120 years, humanity has undergone more change than it had from the birth of Jesus ’til the Industrial Revolution. Take a second to contemplate how this idea functions in your own life. Every day, we humans communicate with one another. We need to communicate with each other to make plans for the…
-
Then I was…contemplating freedom.
Although I’ve been trying to spend less time looking at social media – these days, specifically Twitter – the crisis in Ukraine has had me glued to my phone for the past week. Every morning now I check to see if Kyiv made it through the night without falling into Russia’s grasp, and I am…
Then I Was... 