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the water can’t wash us away
I’ve spent most of this week looking at disaster pr0n. Instead of getting work done, I’ve spent the week on Twitter, on Nashvillest, watching YouTube videos, and reading We Are Nashville over and over again. Believe me, even I’m surprised by my reaction to this past weekend’s record rainfall and subsequent flooding. While it was […]
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Tags: home, hope, love, Nashville, Nashville Flood, water conservation, We are Nashville, weather
only love is all maroon
Sunny, fall days in Nashville are the best. It’s still too warm for my liking, and so dry there’s a forest fire watch in effect, but the sky is the clearest blue imaginable and the sun is watery and warm. Mare’s tail clouds streak the sky, and even though it’s early afternoon, there’s already a […]
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Tags: a little personal, adventure, Nashville
Aside from today being one of the most fantastic days I’ve had in a long time–including no less than a three-hour roadtrip, a tour of Graceland, and Lisa-Marie standing next to the Lisa Marie–I also had one of the most poetic experiences of my life. After standing in the humidity, staring down at the spot […]
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Tags: Arkansas, bridges, Elvis Presley, Graceland, Lisa-Marie, Mark Twain, memories, Memphis, Mississippi River, roadtrips, summer, Tennesse, the South, thunderstorms, travel, Walt Whitman
BFAM Day 31: The Bitter End
BEDA Fail Atonement Month is at an end, and I’m pretty sure that it’s been a mostly useless, if sometimes entertaining, venture. I don’t know what I set out to accomplish at the beginning of the month, and I’m not sure I did accomplish anything. My writing didn’t improve, my readership didn’t expand, I didn’t […]
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One thing that annoys me about Nashville is the lack of decent ice cream. Summers growing up in Cincinnati were marked by weekly visits to the Lil Goodie Shoppe, Zip Dip, General Custer’s, and on very special ocassions, Putz’s. And of course, there was always Graeter’s and UDF. Our summertime food groups were: sugar cones, […]
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Tags: annoyed, BFAM, ice cream, Nashville, summer, Tennessee
Today is my birthday. And recently, I’ve discovered that I am lacking a certain amount of perspective in my life. A year ago, I was preparing to head off to Bosnia after wrapping up my failed stint in grad school. I was living in DC and I was fully aware of and engrossed in national […]
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Tags: a little personal, BFAM, happy birthday, life got in the way
In possibly the most exciting and shocking news to hit the internet this weekend: My Scottish Best Friend, the Internet Herself, that adorable little pixlet we all know and love, Lisa-Marie is to be married in the indeterminate future to crime writer and novelist extraordinaire, The Stringer. The blogosphere is all abuzz. The Twittosphere is […]
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Tags: announcements, BFAM, Lisa-Marie, OMG, Scotland
This weekend at home has been pretty great. I found out on Friday night that my stepsister is pregnant again. My dad and Jenny got me an underwater MP3 player for my birthday and I’ve been mentally arranging a playlist for my next set in the pool. (I’m also pretty much obsessed with Kings of […]
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Tags: BFAM, birthdays, Cincinnati, home
Being home is sort of fascinating, because when I’m away, I tend to forget how awesome and hilarious my hometown is. I’m so ready to be finished with BFAM, but I’m 24 days in and still going strong. Being home makes it difficult to compose my thoughts into a coherent blog, so I’ll just say […]
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Tags: BFAM, Cincinnati, Taste
Feet on Polished Floor 