Food/Travel – Cultural Revue

Hummel Travel Log – True Diversity in the Most Humble of Places

I don’t typically meet new friends randomly on walks but I was happy recently when I stumbled upon a young woman struggling to assemble a tent on the lawn of my apartment complex. I struck up a short conversation with her out of curiosity and discovered that she and her husband had lived in thisContinue reading “Hummel Travel Log – True Diversity in the Most Humble of Places”

Hummel Travel Log — Departing a Childhood Home in Suburban Illinois

There are a limited number of times in life when one permanently closes a door for the last time. Maybe it is the last time you visited your childhood home or the last time you visited a loved one before they died, but the result is the same. There will eventually be a moment inContinue reading “Hummel Travel Log — Departing a Childhood Home in Suburban Illinois”

Hummel Travel Log – The 2022 West Virginia Mothman Festival

West Virginia is very much the state it’s told to be in the media; a relatively small, poor, and rural state with some of the most sadly crushing poverty in the United States. It’s also quite beautiful! Its people are friendly, social, and kind! Capturing the tale end of the Appalachian Mountains, the geography gives theContinue reading “Hummel Travel Log – The 2022 West Virginia Mothman Festival”

Hummel Travel Log – Friday Night at the Tennessee Gospel Convention

A friend and former colleague of mine from my previous job at Main Street Nashville was kind enough to invite me this past weekend to a Gospel Convention. I had no idea what a Gospel Convention was or what I was signing up for, but I am glad I took a chance on attending theContinue reading “Hummel Travel Log – Friday Night at the Tennessee Gospel Convention”