Rachel S. O'Hara

Well, well, well. It's been a while since I've touched my blog or my website for that matter. Let me explain. * Qufoto, the company that I used for my website since college, decided to go ahead and shut down abruptly and took all my photos and hard work with it. As you might imagine I wasn't thrilled. (I could use other words but I'll keep this PG). * I have reclaimed my website domain and am in the process of starting from scratch to bring back at least some of my most favorite work over the last 15 years or so. This is no simple task as finding all the CDs, hard drives (some of which are dead!), and other backups has not been easy. I will persevere though and get my website back up and running hopefully sooner rather than later. * I am still freelancing here and there, mostly for a lovely paper called  The Coastal Star  that was started by a bunch of former Palm Beach Post journalists years ago and continues to be a favorite in the community. Having high-quality...

I was fortunate enough to take a bus up and back from Florida to Washington, D.C. to cover the Women’s March.  While spending 40 hours on a bus for about 10 hours in D.C. seems insane it is surely an experience I will never forget. I went with my colleague Carrie who wrote a beautiful story you should check out ( http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20170128/taking-karma-bus-to-womens-march-in-washington-dc ) about our adventure.  I was never able to get near the main attraction of the stage, but it didn’t matter. I met so many kind people who showed up for so many more reasons than what certain folks claim to think the point of the whole Women’s March was about.  Even when protesters were seen, no one seemed to get angry. Everyone acknowledged one another, held their signs and said “I don’t agree with you but I respect your First Amendment Right.” which then came with the response, “You too.” What!?!?! No yelling? No fights? No tear gas? No cops? Nope. No one...