Blog Reader Louise Swan sent me an email, “The post about old friends [But Keep the Old] and the comments got me thinking.” The result is a two-part blog post. Welcome Louise. A Tale of Two Friendships by Louise Swan Each decade has brought new friendships to me. Over the years, I have accumulated severalContinue reading “A Tale of Two Friendships, Part 1 of 2, Guest Post”
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But Keep the Old
Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other, gold. What’s it like to meet your best friend after 39 years? Weird. Wonderful. But weird. While I was in New York [Posts], I met up with a woman I had known in grade school. When I was 14, I moved fromContinue reading “But Keep the Old”
Foto Friday: Caeruleus Descending
~~~ Original Entrance stairs at Astor Place Theatre for the Blue Man Group. Title Derivation Since I have a cat named Blue … ,,, and he’s not in the photo, I wanted a non-English word for the color. Some were too close to the original, bleu (French). Others were too far apart, zelenaContinue reading “Foto Friday: Caeruleus Descending”
Shirt Selfie
A gift. Do my friends know me or what? For those of you who do not speak American pop culture geek, Star Wars meets The Big Bang Theory. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
Foto Friday: Teenage Wasteland
Back when I was doing things other than endless saddle seat, e.g. photography [Daily 10], I tried to get up high for panorama shots (Double Oak Mountain, for local folks). The main road led to a gated community. So, I hacked my way along the ridgeline. Not so much as a glimpse of theContinue reading “Foto Friday: Teenage Wasteland”
Birmingham Style
Remember last year when a local blogger went national? Cover Girl We – liberally employing the geographical we – did it again. The 2016 Real Women Style Award Winners Share Their Secrets to Dressing With Total Confidence Bertha Hidalgo, PhD, MPH UAB Faculty page Blog: Chic in Academia Instagram, with her outfit of the day:Continue reading “Birmingham Style”
Speaking Out
This fucking sucks. I posted after Boston [In Defense of Frivolity]. I posted after Paris [Appointment Today]. I did not post after – insert way too many place names – . Why not? Value-Added Theory Doesn’t matter what side of the political aisle you are on. Doesn’t matter what you think the response should be.Continue reading “Speaking Out”