Today I had a long-awaited opportunity to cover the White House. I had a chance to shoot the Bushes coming back from the ranch in Crawford, TX. My supervisor got my security clearance this afternoon. I was supposed to be…

Yesterday, I began the process of saying goodbyes for the week. My roommate, Jake, left Wednesday morning to go to a student legislature conference. Jake and I developed a close friendship over the summer, so it was sad to see…

Monday I went to the annual meeting of Le Club des Chefs de Chefs. The organization has to have such a fancy name because its members are the personal chefs of world leaders. Last night they gathered at the Willard…

At the beginning of this month the Washington MTA enacted a fare hike for subway and bus transportation. The base fare went from $1.20 to $1.35. Unfortunately I was too busy at the time to protest, go on a hunger…

Damon just sent me some pictures . . . here’s Kate! She’s so tiny and she’s such a pretty baby! I’m sure you’ll agree . . ….

God gave me an opportunity to counsel at a camp in Hawaii called the Winds. I got back Tuesday, July…

Kathryn Elise Amato was born to Damon and Kari Amato July 15th, 2004. Damon and Kari are calling her Kate. She’s 6lbs 9oz and healthy! I’ll be spoiling her when I get back to South Carolina this fall! My brother…

My sister Kamarie is officially engaged to Drew. Here are some of the pics she sent me. Kam and Drew are in South Carolina. The wedding date is October 8th this fall!…

It’s the Hershey Hug couple! These are some of our favorite pics from when we started dating to current . . . we like to take the picture ourselves as you will see from all the up close ones ….

The title of the chapter where the previous poem is found is “God Incomprehensible.” I pulled the poem from the following passage:…