by jo | Nov 25, 2014 | Everyday Stories
It’s odd, because this is now the end of November, and for a month that is usually saturated in social media posts about thankfulness, I actually have only seen 2 posts of the sort this month. The month has flown by for me, and without being intentional to...
by jo | Nov 18, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
I was 16 when I first went to New Orleans and the destruction was everywhere. It was April 2006, a full 7 months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged the area. I had first heard the news on the radio on the way to school in the first week back to classes my...
by jo | Nov 11, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
Last Sunday marked 25 years since the Berlin wall fell. But in reality, it didn’t just fall. That’s passive. It was torn down. With bare hands. It was pulled to the ground. And for the first time since before Hitlers rule, Germany was again a united...
by jo | Nov 4, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces
Here’s a throwback from the archives! Story takes place October 2012. First published in the Enterprise Record. It was a Friday afternoon and my friend Stephanie and I were shopping in The Salvation Army, looking for fun and funky dresses for a photo project. As...