By Eilene Lyon Our destination at the end of the bike ride from Pittsburgh on the GAP and C&O trails was Washington, D.C. It’s probably been over 20 years since our last visit to our nation’s capital. On that earlier trip, we visited the Capitol building, Ford’s Theater, the Air & Space Museum, and later... Continue Reading →
The Slide Years: Brushes with History
By Eilene Lyon The Slide Years is a series in which I select an image my dad took from 1957-1982 with Kodachrome slide film, then I write a stream-of-consciousness essay – a sort of mini-memoir. Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that I became a history buff. In the heart of the slide years, my... Continue Reading →