Tag: United States

• February 19, 2026

  #58: Farewell NYC (Part I)

  “One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.”  -Georgia O’Keeffe Three years ago I was walking along the cobblestone roads that line the affluent Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, D.C. when the most enchantingly curious scene unfolded: A man had his car pulled over on the side of the street,…
• September 29, 2025

  #54: UNGA 80

  In September 2023, my coworkers and I experienced our first United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).  To those unfamiliar with the foreign affairs conference that takes place annually in New York City, I wrote in Blog #27 about the opportunity I was given to explain the event to a curious young man and his family while…
• April 25, 2025

  #50: Oklahoma City: 30 Years Later

  “But it is a sort of April-weather life that we lead in this world.  A little sunshine is generally the prelude to a storm.” -William Cowper The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and the temperature is rising.  Spring is in the air.  The annual excitement surrounding the end of winter goes back thousands…
• July 13, 2024

  #39: London

  The center of the world.  At least, that’s what it felt like.  Coming from a relatively new country like the United States, the history of London England is too much to fathom.  Experiencing the traditions and architecture of “The Square Mile”, as the City of London proper is occasionally referred to, is something one could…