"In the depths of winter,
I finally learned
that within me there lay
an invincible summer."
-Albert Camus

"We shall find peace.
We shall hear the angels,
we shall see the sky
sparkling with diamonds."
-Anton Chekhov

"the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."
-Jack Kerouac

"This was the simple happiness of complete harmony with her surroundings,
the happiness that asks for nothing, that just accepts, just breathes, just is."
-Countess Van Arnim

"You need not do anything
Remain sitting at your table and listen
Just wait
And you need not even wait
just become quiet and still and solitary
And the world will offer itself to you to
be unmasked
It has no choice
It will roll in ecstasy at your feet."
-Rainer Rilke

“I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.”
-Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

On Friday I went to Lexington with Sarah Bloom (Such a lovely person) to the scene of a fire that occurred at the town's oldest and beloved restaurants, The Southern Inn. It opened in 1799 and has become a major landmark in the town, making its demise that much more upsetting.
As we came to the scene we were permitted by the fire chiefs to look a bit inside so that we could film. We had to be hasty though as the firemen had a job to do and the media doesn't always stem the most pleasant feelings from people called to their job of duty in a crisis. However, they answered our questions and gave us an interview which was kind of them. As we talked to the owner, whose restaurant had been in his family from the start, I couldn't help but feel utter remorse as he choked up a little during his interview. To have a steady landmark in your life that has been the threshold of one's family and history taken away from you, must be emotionally vacating. But cheers to good news, as the owner does plan to re-open the Inn someday and believes the structural damage isn't beyond repair.
It is these stories when I am confronted with the importance of striking a balance between being a human being and following a journalistic duty. In my media ethics class I just finished, this theory is known as Aristotle's Golden Mean. The belief of striking a mean between two extremes. I just don't believe that one can be a successful or savvy journalistic without empathy and a touch of human kindness when covering stories and especially hard news.
On the way back from Lexington we jammed in the car to oldie classics as we made our way down from the winding roads of the mountains. Man I don't want summer to ever end.

Me and one of the reporters Lauren, who I mostly worked with during the summer. She is a true inspiration to me!

So one day when I was working with Lauren she allowed me to be the reporter for this story:

http://www.wset.com/global/category.asp?c=189690&clipId=4990034&autostart=true

Haha you can see my microphone in it, I was so nervous.