Blake Guthrie
@blakeguthrie.bsky.social
Writer | Poet | Travel journalist | Folk singer and songwriter | Anti-fascist.
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Blake Guthrie
@blakeguthrie.bsky.social
· Jan 13
The best Sunday school class I ever attended was taught by Jimmy Carter
How the 39th president taught me that Sunday school doesn’t have to be boring.
www.today.com
My first writing assignment for 2025 was a personal essay about being taught Sunday school by Jimmy Carter. The TODAY Show bought it and put it on the homepage during last week's National Day of Mourning. Here's the link.
#jimmycarter #RIP #plainsga #exploregeorgia #jimmycarterfuneral #todayshow
#jimmycarter #RIP #plainsga #exploregeorgia #jimmycarterfuneral #todayshow
To all professionals in the journalism, film, television, theatre, entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic on YOUR page.
August 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
To all professionals in the journalism, film, television, theatre, entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic on YOUR page.
Unless you're in a swamp, this is the darkest spot on the eastern seaboard of the U.S.
Enjoyed visiting a place most people don't know exists and writing this piece for Matador Network.
matadornetwork.com/read/deerlic...
Enjoyed visiting a place most people don't know exists and writing this piece for Matador Network.
matadornetwork.com/read/deerlic...
Inside the Private Astronomy Village Hidden in the Darkest Part of Georgia
Deerlick Astronomy Village is a private escape where even headlights are banned after dark. The results is some of the best starggazing in the US.
matadornetwork.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Unless you're in a swamp, this is the darkest spot on the eastern seaboard of the U.S.
Enjoyed visiting a place most people don't know exists and writing this piece for Matador Network.
matadornetwork.com/read/deerlic...
Enjoyed visiting a place most people don't know exists and writing this piece for Matador Network.
matadornetwork.com/read/deerlic...
Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, "In this world there isn't as much humanity as one would like, but there's enough." Let's pray.
— Bruce Springsteen
— Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen’s Message to America: A Protest. A Prayer. A Wake-Up Call.
YouTube video by The Seneca Project
www.youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, "In this world there isn't as much humanity as one would like, but there's enough." Let's pray.
— Bruce Springsteen
— Bruce Springsteen
Listen
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
we have the power
People have the power
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
we have the power
People have the power
April 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Listen
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
we have the power
People have the power
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
we have the power
People have the power
The new FDA Food Pyramid as implemented by Tяump and DOGE.
Brawndo has what plants crave.
#handsoff #brawndo #idiocracy
Brawndo has what plants crave.
#handsoff #brawndo #idiocracy
April 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The new FDA Food Pyramid as implemented by Tяump and DOGE.
Brawndo has what plants crave.
#handsoff #brawndo #idiocracy
Brawndo has what plants crave.
#handsoff #brawndo #idiocracy
Reposted by Blake Guthrie
#handsoffprotest 4/5/25
Geneva, Illinois 🙌
Geneva, Illinois 🙌
April 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#handsoffprotest 4/5/25
Geneva, Illinois 🙌
Geneva, Illinois 🙌
This popped up on a random old mix tape. Great memories of early '90s Athens, GA. The single and the album hold up well. Released on the indie Planned Obsolescence label by my friend @seancurry99.bsky.social—who also released some Mercyland singles—and produced by @michaelstipe.bsky.social
The Daisy Group - The Hum Of Life
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1991 Vinyl release of "The Hum Of Life" on Discogs.
www.discogs.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This popped up on a random old mix tape. Great memories of early '90s Athens, GA. The single and the album hold up well. Released on the indie Planned Obsolescence label by my friend @seancurry99.bsky.social—who also released some Mercyland singles—and produced by @michaelstipe.bsky.social
Reposted by Blake Guthrie
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office. #gapol ajc.com/politics/mcc...
Georgia congressman confronted by angry crowd over support for Trump’s agenda
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was met with boos and jeers at a town hall in a north Atlanta suburb Thursday.
ajc.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office. #gapol ajc.com/politics/mcc...
On this Presidents' Day I once again share a picture of the only President of the United States I've ever had any personal interaction with. Thank you for the Sunday School lesson, Mr. President.
“Take care of each other," he said, "even the people we don’t like.”
#jimmycarter #presidentsday
“Take care of each other," he said, "even the people we don’t like.”
#jimmycarter #presidentsday
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
On this Presidents' Day I once again share a picture of the only President of the United States I've ever had any personal interaction with. Thank you for the Sunday School lesson, Mr. President.
“Take care of each other," he said, "even the people we don’t like.”
#jimmycarter #presidentsday
“Take care of each other," he said, "even the people we don’t like.”
#jimmycarter #presidentsday
Motor boat on the velodrome track in Asheville's Carrier Park where a shirtless rollerblading guy is blazing through in mid-February despite all the debris.
I tip my hat to your resilience and rebound, Asheville.
#ashevillestrong #ashevillenc #ashevillelocal #HurricaneHelene #exploreasheville
I tip my hat to your resilience and rebound, Asheville.
#ashevillestrong #ashevillenc #ashevillelocal #HurricaneHelene #exploreasheville
February 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Motor boat on the velodrome track in Asheville's Carrier Park where a shirtless rollerblading guy is blazing through in mid-February despite all the debris.
I tip my hat to your resilience and rebound, Asheville.
#ashevillestrong #ashevillenc #ashevillelocal #HurricaneHelene #exploreasheville
I tip my hat to your resilience and rebound, Asheville.
#ashevillestrong #ashevillenc #ashevillelocal #HurricaneHelene #exploreasheville
Reposted by Blake Guthrie
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
Here's my latest for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It's about new (or newly re-opened) hotels and motels in the South that offer something a little different from the current crop of cookie-cutter chains.
#TravelSouth #TravelAddicts #travelwriter #roadsideamerica #NewHotel
#TravelSouth #TravelAddicts #travelwriter #roadsideamerica #NewHotel
6 new Southeastern hotels worth a special trip
Hotels seem to be sprouting up as quick as kudzu at major interchanges all around the South these days, but for a unique experience consider staying in a revitalized building steeped in history or a n...
www.ajc.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Here's my latest for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It's about new (or newly re-opened) hotels and motels in the South that offer something a little different from the current crop of cookie-cutter chains.
#TravelSouth #TravelAddicts #travelwriter #roadsideamerica #NewHotel
#TravelSouth #TravelAddicts #travelwriter #roadsideamerica #NewHotel
Reposted by Blake Guthrie
NEW @motherjones.com Trump blaming DEI for the plane crash isn't the 1st time he’s peddled conspiracy theories about a national crisis
He's also done it after terror attacks, natural disasters & more. I took a disturbing trip down memory lane so you don't have to
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He's also done it after terror attacks, natural disasters & more. I took a disturbing trip down memory lane so you don't have to
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump makes tragedies worse, a history
The president blaming DEI for a deadly plane crash is not the first time he's peddled conspiracy theories as the nation reels from a crisis.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
NEW @motherjones.com Trump blaming DEI for the plane crash isn't the 1st time he’s peddled conspiracy theories about a national crisis
He's also done it after terror attacks, natural disasters & more. I took a disturbing trip down memory lane so you don't have to
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He's also done it after terror attacks, natural disasters & more. I took a disturbing trip down memory lane so you don't have to
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Blake Guthrie
“He still has more brains than I got,” said Tommy Tuberville.
Worm Warns Senate He Has Eaten 90 Percent of RFK Jr.’s Brain
“That leaves only 10 percent—which, by the way, is a math problem Bobby is incapable of solving.”
www.borowitzreport.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“He still has more brains than I got,” said Tommy Tuberville.
I don't spend time on Instagram so I didn't see this until it was pointed out to me. The TODAY Show posted about the essay I wrote for them and it received nearly 40,000 likes.
January 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I don't spend time on Instagram so I didn't see this until it was pointed out to me. The TODAY Show posted about the essay I wrote for them and it received nearly 40,000 likes.
My first writing assignment for 2025 was a personal essay about being taught Sunday school by Jimmy Carter. The TODAY Show bought it and put it on the homepage during last week's National Day of Mourning. Here's the link.
#jimmycarter #RIP #plainsga #exploregeorgia #jimmycarterfuneral #todayshow
#jimmycarter #RIP #plainsga #exploregeorgia #jimmycarterfuneral #todayshow
The best Sunday school class I ever attended was taught by Jimmy Carter
How the 39th president taught me that Sunday school doesn’t have to be boring.
www.today.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
My first writing assignment for 2025 was a personal essay about being taught Sunday school by Jimmy Carter. The TODAY Show bought it and put it on the homepage during last week's National Day of Mourning. Here's the link.
#jimmycarter #RIP #plainsga #exploregeorgia #jimmycarterfuneral #todayshow
#jimmycarter #RIP #plainsga #exploregeorgia #jimmycarterfuneral #todayshow
For the first #TopTravelPics of 2025 the theme is #Streets
In honor of #JimmyCarter here's a shot of Main St. in his beloved hometown of Plains, and another of his nearby boyhood home and farm.
Tag the hosts.
@thethoroughtripper.bsky.social
@sisbehaving.bsky.social
@tony-bookdirect.bsky.social
In honor of #JimmyCarter here's a shot of Main St. in his beloved hometown of Plains, and another of his nearby boyhood home and farm.
Tag the hosts.
@thethoroughtripper.bsky.social
@sisbehaving.bsky.social
@tony-bookdirect.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
For the first #TopTravelPics of 2025 the theme is #Streets
In honor of #JimmyCarter here's a shot of Main St. in his beloved hometown of Plains, and another of his nearby boyhood home and farm.
Tag the hosts.
@thethoroughtripper.bsky.social
@sisbehaving.bsky.social
@tony-bookdirect.bsky.social
In honor of #JimmyCarter here's a shot of Main St. in his beloved hometown of Plains, and another of his nearby boyhood home and farm.
Tag the hosts.
@thethoroughtripper.bsky.social
@sisbehaving.bsky.social
@tony-bookdirect.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Final #TopTravelPics of the year with the #TravelAddicts
Choose the #OneShot you love most from your travels in 2024.
Tough one, but I did get into a staring contest with a zebra while on a safari tour in Virginia ;)
@nomadesab.bsky.social
@brittoswiss.bsky.social
@jollyhobos.bsky.social
Choose the #OneShot you love most from your travels in 2024.
Tough one, but I did get into a staring contest with a zebra while on a safari tour in Virginia ;)
@nomadesab.bsky.social
@brittoswiss.bsky.social
@jollyhobos.bsky.social
December 24, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Final #TopTravelPics of the year with the #TravelAddicts
Choose the #OneShot you love most from your travels in 2024.
Tough one, but I did get into a staring contest with a zebra while on a safari tour in Virginia ;)
@nomadesab.bsky.social
@brittoswiss.bsky.social
@jollyhobos.bsky.social
Choose the #OneShot you love most from your travels in 2024.
Tough one, but I did get into a staring contest with a zebra while on a safari tour in Virginia ;)
@nomadesab.bsky.social
@brittoswiss.bsky.social
@jollyhobos.bsky.social
Before AI became a thing, I wrote for a low-paying content mill creating articles based on what people were searching for online. There were a lot of crazy titles that showed up in the queue. One that sticks out in my mind is, "When did Bob Dylan invent electricity?"
#bobdylan #1965
#bobdylan #1965
December 18, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Before AI became a thing, I wrote for a low-paying content mill creating articles based on what people were searching for online. There were a lot of crazy titles that showed up in the queue. One that sticks out in my mind is, "When did Bob Dylan invent electricity?"
#bobdylan #1965
#bobdylan #1965
Sunset at the beach, Scenic Highway 30A, Florida Panhandle, Sept. 9, 2023.
I'm doing research for an on spec article about the public beach controversy in South Walton. I'd like to hear all sides from those who know about it.
#30A #sunset #traveladdicts #toptravelpics #conservation #scenicwalton
I'm doing research for an on spec article about the public beach controversy in South Walton. I'd like to hear all sides from those who know about it.
#30A #sunset #traveladdicts #toptravelpics #conservation #scenicwalton
December 17, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Sunset at the beach, Scenic Highway 30A, Florida Panhandle, Sept. 9, 2023.
I'm doing research for an on spec article about the public beach controversy in South Walton. I'd like to hear all sides from those who know about it.
#30A #sunset #traveladdicts #toptravelpics #conservation #scenicwalton
I'm doing research for an on spec article about the public beach controversy in South Walton. I'd like to hear all sides from those who know about it.
#30A #sunset #traveladdicts #toptravelpics #conservation #scenicwalton
Reposted by Blake Guthrie
Everyone should visit the lobby of The Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans at Christmastime at least once in their lives. And take it all in while sipping a Sazerac from the lobby bar where the cocktail was invented.
#TravelAddicts #TopTravelPics #NOLA #ChristmasDecor #ClassicHotel
#TravelAddicts #TopTravelPics #NOLA #ChristmasDecor #ClassicHotel
December 14, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Everyone should visit the lobby of The Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans at Christmastime at least once in their lives. And take it all in while sipping a Sazerac from the lobby bar where the cocktail was invented.
#TravelAddicts #TopTravelPics #NOLA #ChristmasDecor #ClassicHotel
#TravelAddicts #TopTravelPics #NOLA #ChristmasDecor #ClassicHotel