September 2013 - Kate Holder

September 27, 2013February 9, 2017

4 Reasons Why Autumn is the Best Season

red leaves on tree in Autumn — Autumn can’t come soon enough for me.

As of this past Sunday, summer officially ended.

And I’m glad.

Sure, summer’s fun. Like most people, I travelled a bit, took fun trips to Block Island and New York City, and I visited my mother a few times.

But Autumn is the best season of the year.

Why? I’ll suspend my no-more-list-posts rule to give you 4 reasons. Continue reading “4 Reasons Why Autumn is the Best Season”

September 20, 2013February 9, 2017

Panda-monium at the National Zoo

Giant Panda at the National Zoo — Tian Tian getting too cozy with a rock.

It’s one thing to visit the Smithsonian’s National Zoo one month after the birth of a rare baby panda. It’s another to visit with four young children just released from a two-hour car ride.

That was my fate on a sunny day this past week – to help escort a mini-zoo around the National Zoo. Continue reading “Panda-monium at the National Zoo”

September 13, 2013February 9, 2017

One World Trade Center Heralds a New Epoch

One World Trade Center in New York City — New York City’s One World Trade Center

My first glimpse in three years of Manhattan’s transformed skyline happened about a week and half before the 9/11 anniversary.

I was traveling to New York City from DC, motoring along the New Jersey Turnpike in an express bus where I had a window seat. I noticed Midtown first, but as I scanned south I saw a gleaming new behemoth that dwarfed the Empire State Building. It was One World Trade Center.

My first thought was: http://columbuscameragroup.com/2015/ yes!

This colossus is the perfect architectural response to the crime of 9/11. It is muscular and massive, but also modern and elegant. I loved it immediately, and felt patriotic pride. Continue reading “One World Trade Center Heralds a New Epoch”

September 6, 2013February 9, 2017

March on Washington 50th Anniversary – What Would Lois Say?

MLK I Have A Dream Speech — “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” — MLK 8/28/63

From August 23^rd to the 28^th, tens of thousands of people descended on Washington, DC, to commemorate the 50^th Anniversary of the March on Washington, made famous by Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

The nearly week-long festivities culminated on August 28^th when President Barack Obama gave a speech on those same steps in front of the Great Emancipator.

Throughout it all, I kept asking myself, http://shinyfastandloud.com/?m=201302 what would Lois say? Continue reading “March on Washington 50th Anniversary – What Would Lois Say?”