a seed of inspiration: John Quincy Adams

A strange selection, I know.

One-term president from that  weird transition time between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War?

But hear me out …. I just finished reading John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life by Paul C. Nagel, and Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade by Joseph Wheelan (both affiliate links) and I do believe my [...]

a seed of inspiration : the United States Constitution

Wow.

All my nerdiness is *really* coming out now, huh?

The U.S. Constitution? For real, Amy?

Um. Yea. ….

I find the U.S. Constitution, the Revolutionary War period and the Founding Fathers of America absolutely fascinating.

*sidenote to my international readers: I have been putting myself through a made-up American History class over the last 2 years so this [...]