Tag: Culture

Le Magic School Bus

No, it wasn’t the real Magic School Bus from the books and TV. But one of my most poignant humanities moments did happen on a bus. And I…

Bite Me!- A Florida Humanities Moment

People frequently talk about being haunted. Usually by spirits, both by the friendly Casper types and the decidedly less friendly Poltergeist types. Sometimes people are haunted by bad…

Photographing Rome

When I was 5 years old, my family and I gathered around the Christmas tree bright and early on Christmas morning. I was more than excited when I…

A Mountain of Faith

It was the middle of nowhere—nothing but sand, the occasional old car or rusted out piece of machinery, a strange lake known as the Salton Sea, and in…

The Power Public Knowledge has for the Humanities

I grew up an hour and a half northwest of San Antonio, Texas in a small, rural town called Medina. Medina is home to one school (K-12 campus),…