Returning to the Garden

As may have been hinted at, I am back on US terra semi-firma. Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) have said that the hardest thing about their program is not the going or the staying, but the returning. Hard to compare my 3 months to their 2+ years, but I have an inkling of what they mean.

More specifically geographically, I am outside my hometown of Savannah, Georgia. Savannah has been called the most beautiful city in North America. It is also famed for being the star of the nonfiction book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It's history is long (for an American city) and its beauty, natural and designed, is unparalleled compared to any other city in the US (except perhaps for San Francisco). What does this have to do with Global Issues? Well, see the Bruce Feiler article from the NYT I blogged on from a while back for one type of answer.
Photo: The fountain in Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia. (Photo by Chris Jeffords).