Blogs from Columbus, Georgia, United States, North America

Pictures from Max's graduation from Jump School at Ft. Benning.... read more

Our first fundraiser is now complete!! Thank you to all who came out to support us at our Moroccan Dinner Party! Although, some things didn't turn out the way we originally had planned, we had a great time! There were a lot of prizes given away, laughs shared and even some inspiration to others to look into their own volunteer experience! After nearly a 3 hour drive to get to Imane Restaurant, we set up our raffle/and Silent auction items and nearly sweat off 20 pounds in the sauna! The heat of the restaurant was intense....I guess we were being prepared for our trip to Morocco!! Sucheta approached me to let me know i was becoming a Moroccan Bride! I was put in a "table" type thing, and hoisted up by 4 men and paraded around ... read more

I traveled from St. Louis to Fort Benning, Georgia on a bus with members of the Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America and some local catholic school students to protest outside the School of the Americas. This is a school that has trained paramilitary officers from various Latin American countries, many of whom are responsible for the worst human rights violations of the last few decades. Graduates include Manuel Noriega of Panama, Hugo Banzer Bolivia's two time dictator, several of Augusto Pinochet's senior officers, members of El Salvador's death squads, Colombia's paramiltary troops notorious for human rights abuses. The problem continues today in Honduras where a recent military coup took place led by several SOA graduates. It was amazing to see the turnout in Georgia. I was very surprised by the number of younger and older participants. ... read more

"of shoes and ships, and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings" -Alice in Wonderland- Two things in particular have stuck with me from my childhood, as far as memorization goes, the line above, and the preamble to the constitution from a speaking contest (which I won somehow) from the 4th grade...Thanks Ms. Lavender. Sometimes I feel my writing goes along the route of Alice in Wonderland....(yes that quote had a purpose, kind of) random, topsy turvy, some rabbit trails, and hopefully entertaining in the end. Here goes it. Ok, so I feel a tad lame writing again in a travel blog, when here I sit, still in Georgia packing...oh well. The thoughts bouncing around in my head at this point are: "should I roll ... read more

I've been to Georgia seveal times. Never to Atlanta which is totally amazing. Mostly to see family. Usually we stay in the Columbus area. I will tell you, it does rain a lot. But I love rain, so it was cool. There are so many different museums and opera houses and stuff. You can't be bored. Actually, in Columbus was the first time I had Texas Roadhouse and Smokey Bones. Both were great. Shopping is pretty good. It's like your usual, slightly smaller than a big city, city. They have the Marble Slab ice cream place too, which is a total bonus, because there is only one in the whole city I'm from. Columbus in general is really nice. Everyone is friendly. It's a nice place to stop.... read more