Here I find myself in Cincinnati! I dove in and took the trip down here to spend a day with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and friends I met this summer at the Howmet Playhouse in Whitehall. What an amazing experience! Sitting in on rehearsal today was just fantastic--I got to observe and talk with a professional stage manager, observe a brilliant director and cast working, and then watch their touring company perform Romeo and Juliet in a park at sunset. It puts me in such a creative mood just being around people who share my passion and have the same goals-- to entertain and create beautiful art upon the stage. I learned a lot today and got to meet some great people in the process.
It is so cliche, but so true-- the great American Roadtrip is the quintessential rite of passage for young adults. I have traveled a lot for someone my age, but there is something just different about making a decision to go somewhere, making your plans, and just...going. I drove to Indianapolis last night and stayed with my aunt and uncle, then drove the rest of the way to Cincy this morning, and it was a beautiful and empowering experience. Not only was I doing something I truly wanted to do for myself, but I was doing it in one of the most beautiful parts of the country I know-- and that is hard to say in a country this size and with so much natural beauty in it.
However, I am a sucker for farmland and rolling hills, and the two hour drive this morning took me from city to farmland to these gorgeous hills that had such a change in altitutde that my ears popped multiple times. The freshness of the land and the emerald green-ness of the sights in front of me just took my breath away. The gift of nature never ceases to amaze me.
I'm somewhere around mile 380, and I have a few more hundred to go. Tomorrow night it is on to Dayton to see my grandparents and do my phone interview for DC on Tuesday, then to Minster, OH to spend the night with my aunt, uncle, and cousins on their farmland, then back to Muskegon.
It's just me and the open road, baby. : )
About Me
- Katie
- I am a recent college grad with a B.A. in Political Science from a liberal arts college in Wisconsin. I double-majored in Political Science and Communications and concentrated in Theatre Studies. Personally and politically I am passionate about keeping the performing arts alive in our communities, philanthropy, homelessness and housing policies, and the environment. My family and friends are most important to me, and they keep me going through good times and bad. I am well-read and well-traveled, and although I greatly appreciate my hometown, I am looking forward to traveling more as time and money allow!
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