Camping Out at Dollywood

Dollywood is a weird place, everyone who’s been there knows that.  I’m so torn on my feelings about Dollywood.  I love a theme park and it is very well themed.  Of course, I also love a gay icon and I just wish it were more camp.  It’s one of the few places in the world…

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2014; Thanks For A Great Year!

New Years Eve is a time of reflection for most people.  A look back at the previous year and an optimistic planning of all the wonderful things you’ll probably forget to accomplish in the upcoming one. 2014 was pretty great for me.  Here are some stats.  Mainly, I just need them written down in public…

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Art in Oslo

I appreciate any society that values the arts and art in Oslo is alive and well.  I’ve mentioned a little about growing up in Franklin, TN on here before.  I grew up in a very artistic household in what I would consider a relatively oppressive society by western standards,  though everyone there would strongly disagree…

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The Potential Haunting of the Carnton Plantation

In honor of Halloween I’m going to revisit one of my favorite spooky locations, The Carnton Plantation in my hometown of Franklin, TN.  Now, I’m a sucker for a ghost story and I grew up in Franklin, TN, a small town that’s still milking the Civil War because that’s the last interesting thing that happened…

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