12 Years a Slave

Last week I went to the theater again, the first time in awhile because there have been no movies to peak my interest. 12 Years a Slave is an exception and I'm glad I saw it! It is the best or most realistic presentation of the daily life of a slave I have seen and a powerful true story of a free black man in New York being kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. He wrote a book about it in 1853 after he managed to get out of slavery. It was a best seller before the Civil War! It does not make me proud of my white southern roots.

Dunbar Cave & Point Royal

Yesterday I had a great fall, half-day trip near Nashville to check out two more state parks I've now photographed. See the trip gallery in my online photo gallery. And by the way, I learned after there that Point Royal has an original section of the "Trail of Tears" preserved. Neat!