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Inside the Private Astronomy Village Hidden in the Darkest Part of Georgia Deerlick Astronomy Village is a private escape where even headlights are banned after dark. The results is some of the best starggazing in the US.

Unless you're in a swamp, this is the darkest spot on the eastern seaboard of the U.S.
Enjoyed visiting a place most people don't know exists and writing this piece for Matador Network.

matadornetwork.com/read/deerlic...

Bruce Springsteen’s Message to America: A Protest. A Prayer. A Wake-Up Call. YouTube video by The Seneca Project

Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, "In this world there isn't as much humanity as one would like, but there's enough." Let's pray.
— Bruce Springsteen

Listen
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
we have the power
People have the power

The "Stop Normalizing NAZI Shit" sign was my favorite of the ones I saw!

The new FDA Food Pyramid as implemented by Tяump and DOGE.
Brawndo has what plants crave.
#handsoff #brawndo #idiocracy

#handsoffprotest 4/5/25
Geneva, Illinois 🙌

Even in small town rural Georgia, throngs of people showed up for the Hands Off! Madison Style rally.

#handsoff

The Daisy Group - The Hum Of Life View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1991 Vinyl release of "The Hum Of Life" on Discogs.

This popped up on a random old mix tape. Great memories of early '90s Athens, GA. The single and the album hold up well. Released on the indie Planned Obsolescence label by my friend @seancurry99.bsky.social—who also released some Mercyland singles—and produced by @michaelstipe.bsky.social

How did I miss this? I love it!

Georgia congressman confronted by angry crowd over support for Trump’s agenda U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was met with boos and jeers at a town hall in a north Atlanta suburb Thursday.

U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office. #gapol ajc.com/politics/mcc...

On this Presidents' Day I once again share a picture of the only President of the United States I've ever had any personal interaction with. Thank you for the Sunday School lesson, Mr. President.
“Take care of each other," he said, "even the people we don’t like.”

#jimmycarter #presidentsday

Motor boat on the velodrome track in Asheville's Carrier Park where a shirtless rollerblading guy is blazing through in mid-February despite all the debris.

I tip my hat to your resilience and rebound, Asheville.

#ashevillestrong #ashevillenc #ashevillelocal #HurricaneHelene #exploreasheville

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

Looks like a cool bar.

6 new Southeastern hotels worth a special trip Hotels seem to be sprouting up as quick as kudzu at major interchanges all around the South these days, but for a unique experience consider staying in a revitalized building steeped in history or a n...

Here's my latest for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It's about new (or newly re-opened) hotels and motels in the South that offer something a little different from the current crop of cookie-cutter chains.

#TravelSouth #TravelAddicts #travelwriter #roadsideamerica #NewHotel

Beyond the musings about AI and the future of travel media, this is also great piece to share as an explainer to my non-industry friends who don't get what I do for a part-time living. Thanks!

How Trump makes tragedies worse, a history The president blaming DEI for a deadly plane crash is not the first time he's peddled conspiracy theories as the nation reels from a crisis.

NEW @motherjones.com Trump blaming DEI for the plane crash isn't the 1st time he’s peddled conspiracy theories about a national crisis

He's also done it after terror attacks, natural disasters & more. I took a disturbing trip down memory lane so you don't have to
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Worm Warns Senate He Has Eaten 90 Percent of RFK Jr.’s Brain “That leaves only 10 percent—which, by the way, is a math problem Bobby is incapable of solving.”

“He still has more brains than I got,” said Tommy Tuberville.

Me, too, Deb. It's a classic introvert quality ;)

The windmill in the background is perfect.

I don't spend time on Instagram so I didn't see this until it was pointed out to me. The TODAY Show posted about the essay I wrote for them and it received nearly 40,000 likes.

Look at you making your first post! #TravelAddicts

The best Sunday school class I ever attended was taught by Jimmy Carter How the 39th president taught me that Sunday school doesn’t have to be boring.

My first writing assignment for 2025 was a personal essay about being taught Sunday school by Jimmy Carter. The TODAY Show bought it and put it on the homepage during last week's National Day of Mourning. Here's the link.

#jimmycarter #RIP #plainsga #exploregeorgia #jimmycarterfuneral #todayshow

For the first #TopTravelPics of 2025 the theme is #Streets

In honor of #JimmyCarter here's a shot of Main St. in his beloved hometown of Plains, and another of his nearby boyhood home and farm.

Tag the hosts.
@thethoroughtripper.bsky.social
@sisbehaving.bsky.social
@tony-bookdirect.bsky.social

Jimmy Carter, seated in a church, with me standing next to him.

RIP, Mr. President.

#jimmycarter #jimmycarter100

Zebra standing in a field staring at photographer.

Final #TopTravelPics of the year with the #TravelAddicts

Choose the #OneShot you love most from your travels in 2024.

Tough one, but I did get into a staring contest with a zebra while on a safari tour in Virginia ;)

@nomadesab.bsky.social
@brittoswiss.bsky.social
@jollyhobos.bsky.social

😀 When he met Tom Edison at a carnival in the 1960s. No one had electricity before then!!