What does it feel like to drive past a place you knew well and for many years—only to discover it’s gone? Continue reading
A vivid memory, in ruins
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Friday Photo: 6/29/12
Hairy vetch, stinging nettles, wild onions, white clover, and dandelions (among many other plants) in my backyard
LaGrange, Georgia—1 April 2011
Putting the “So?” in social media
If you’re weary of OMGOMG social media this and OMGOMG social media that, check out this hilarious video from The Content Wrangler. (Many thanks to Sharon Burton for the heads-up.) Continue reading
Nearly Wordless Wednesday: 6/27/12
Blue Ridge, Georgia—21 May 2010
I’ll wash my own hands, thanks!
Workplace signs are among the funniest I’ve seen. They almost never mean to cause confusion, but when they do, the result makes my day. Or makes me weep for humanity. Or both.
This one is courtesy of my sister, who saw it in a Denver area women’s restroom. Continue reading
The Weather Channel’s new iPhone app: Darn near perfect
In mid-April, I purchased my very first iPhone. The weather app that came with it was barely functional and looked like a mid-’90s NetScape refugee. I needed something that worked well and matched the sleek, efficient design of my iPhone. Why not the Weather Channel’s new (and free) iPhone app?
While I’d read some high praise for TWC’s new and improved iPhone app, I was still suspicious. Their far-too-busy local forecast page, another recent redesign, had me thinking the app would be a disaster. Thank goodness I was wrong!
Well, mostly wrong. Continue reading
Enamel and rust
Heard County, Georgia—18 March 2012
Fragment of an ordinary day long gone
From my campus office, it’s about 750 feet to the building where most of my classes meet. That’s not a long walk, but it’s beautiful. The thoughtfully landscaped campus gives me something to look at even in winter—bare cherry and maple branches silhouetted against the sky, glossy holly and magolia leaves defiantly green in the cold, silvery bark shimmering in the morning light, sweetgum leaves and seedpods clustered like so many haiku next to the sidewalk. Continue reading
Friday Photo: 6/22/12
LaGrange, Georgia—8 April 2010
It’s called a dictionary. USE IT.
For the second time this week—and I’m not sure how it happened, so please don’t point fingers, index or otherwise—I happened across this article on Yahoo! News [sic]. Boxer Floyd Mayweather is serving a 90-day jail sentence in Las Vegas for beating up and threatening his ex, with whom he has three children. Continue reading