Blogs from Georgia, United States, North America - page 87

Yesterday (the 15th) was a travel day from Newport News, VA to Atlanta, GA. The airport in Newport News is ridiculously small so there wasn't much going on there. I finally got into Atlanta around 3:30 and Brian and I went straight to a bar called The Bullpen next to Turner Field. It's real uncomfortable in Atlanta. There experiencing some of there worst heat (with humidity) in a while. I think it got up to 103 degrees at one point yesterday. We hung out for a couple of hours at the Bullpen then went into the stadium when gates opened. We took in a little batting practice in the outfield and then went to our seats behind home plate. It was ridiculously uncomfortable being so high up. We sat in the top level right behind home ... read more

“Whatever Happened to Polio” Roosevelt’s Warm Springs Georgia I had the pleasure of returning to Warm Springs Georgia as the guest of Warren Williams a member of Peachtree Rotary. Last fall I saw the public side of the complex, the museum, avenue of flags and the little white house. This time I got to see the educational and therapeutic side of Roosevelt’s Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. August 11th, 2007 marks the official opening of the “What ever happened to Polio?” exhibit at Roosevelt Warm springs. Thanks to PolioPlus and District 6900, fifty thousand dollars was donated to pay for moving the Smithsonian exhibit here. FDR and Warm Springs were the vanguard of a two pronged attack against the dead epidemic disease, Polio. The first focus was helping the polio patient adapt. It took remarkable ingenuity to ... read more

August 15, 2007: Pictures are back! More (and those with the editing finish on them) will accompany my new entries and these soon. I will want to add more to the entries I did while in Italy, and I might fix up the ones I put up while there. As always, keep checking back! NEW INFORMATION (August 10, 2007): It appears that my blog has been recovered, mostly. This was quite a welcome sight, so now you can look back over the writing that I did post while in Italy. I did manage to get a fair amount of pictures up while there (mostly through the help others' devices!), but it seems that those weren't recovered. It's ok, though, because I kept saying that those photos were straight from the memory card and totally unfixed. That ... read more

Hello Johnny!! (and all) Slight change of plans....we have returned via Atlanta, Georgia (sipping a lovely Latte as I write this....appreciating a good ol' USA keyboard as I write this...no funny letters or signs)....back to the main point. We arrive in Portland on Delta at 10:25. Will probably call but offer apologies as it is 4:30 am your time. See you soon. Ingrid... read more

Two weeks since I have left France and I am still trying to readjust. Three days I spent in Atlanta were probably the weirdest, nothing felt right, but here at my parents' I am feeling much better for some reason. Of course, it is nothing like Paris here and my life seems rather empty compared to what it was last month, but I am glad to have some "free" time to think, relax, figure things out. Now that I am back and so close to graduating, everyone has been asking about my plans for the future. I guess getting a diploma is a big step, and I am just starting to realize that. I know I will continue my studies later on so I am not putting too much pressure on myself as far as my ... read more