Tour Recap - Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC

The rainy streets of Baltimore, my longest day of driving, and a full fledged DC contingent comprise some of my highlights along the Atlantic.

Contemplation Court at the Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC. Photo by the Smithsonian.

I awoke at Jennifer’s townhouse in Kingstown, RI very early as the early morning sun shone through the windows of my guest room. The birds had already begin their sunrise songs and chores as I spent some time writing before I cleaned up and packed my bags.

Jennifer was awake and reading with coffee when I came downstairs. She poured me a cup and we talked at length about heady topics like the idea of an afterlife, the necessity of religion, and pondered where the energy of ourselves might go when we leave this Earth. Or do we ever really leave this Earth? As I say, it was heady stuff, but I am almost always tuned into have these sorts of meaningful conversations.

Noticing it was already after nine, I swallowed my last gulp of java and hugged Jennifer goodbye.Although it was still relatively early in the day, it was already very warm and muggy along Rhode Island’s coast.…