Looking with New Eyes
Last night I took a group of students in my Cultural Heritage Tourism class on a walking tour of the Mass Avenue Cultural District in Indianapolis. It's an opportunity to get out of the classroom and explore. What do cultural heritage assets really look like? What does a cultural district feel like? How much is intentional or naturally occurring? We walked, we talked, we questioned, we completed worksheets that foster understanding of what we study through the course. Each se
Seeking A Roundabout in Rural Indiana
Last Friday was our 38th Wedding Anniversary and like many previous days, it seemed appropriate to wander rural Indiana. It was enough just being alone in the truck with Beth's spirit. The hardest decision was which direction to go. Since I've been to every dot, the goal needed to be something a little different. The route was somewhat pre-determined because I needed to to make a late afternoon visit to a funeral home in Monticello where a friend's father was being celebrated
