It’s like Peter Pan: if you believe in spring hard enough, it will happen. And speaking of believing, a book recommendation: NPR’s 2006 compilation This I Believe: the Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women. I picked it up at BookExpo in 2006, and found it both moving and astonishing.
Category: life in the thrill
actualfax southern snow
actualfax southern snow, originally uploaded by minervacat. The snow and ice down here knocked out at least two of the three shows I’d had on the books for this weekend (American Aquarium at the Pour House went on as scheduled, sans us because driving to and from Raleigh wasn’t in the cards last evening; the…
worth getting up for: december
warm/cold, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in December: holiday music; Ash’s pictures of the Christmas lights on 34th Street in Baltimore; Christmas at the beach1; the post-Weis-firing Notre Dame coach search rumors (but not Brian Kelly leaving Cincinnati for ND DDD:); donuts; #IowansInMiami; Trekky Records’ Christmas at the Cradle; having actualfax sick…
unc: librarian on a post!
unc: librarian on a post!, originally uploaded by minervacat. I’ve been at my current job, which is hardly “the new job” anymore, for just about six months now, and there are many, many things I love about it: the routine of it, the stability both financial and employment, the benefits, my 401k which I am…
unc: little snow warriors!
unc: little snow warriors!, originally uploaded by minervacat. We’re having one of those “North Carolina cold snaps”, by which I mean I actually have to run the heat in my car in the mornings on my way to work, not that we’re actually having Cold Weather As Defined By People Who Actually Have Winter. Regardless,…
trekky records christmas at the cradle
What a difference a year makes.
the duke & the king @ local 506
the duke & the king @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. A couple of weeks ago, Jody at Muzzle of Bees talked about a visit to Chicago’s new Lincoln Hall, and asked what people’s favorite venues in their town were. I sat down to comment and ended up totally paralyzed, which is when I…
worth getting up for: november
unc: flowers for eve, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in November: Micah Schnabel’s When The Stage Lights Go Dim; the Iron Bowl, Texas/A&M, Boise State, and TCU’s dismantling of their entire conference; Thanksgiving at the beach; federal holidays (there are TWO in November); semi-trashy historical fiction; emails from major labels; Southeastern Camera…
espn college game day: chapel hill
espn college game day: chapel hill, originally uploaded by minervacat. Carolina tips off their first nationally — not on the U, not regionally — televised game tonight against THE Ohio State University. I am allowing myself to watch the first half and then I have to go to bed, because I am an old person,…
there are some cheerful motherfuckers
there are some cheerful motherfuckers, originally uploaded by minervacat. A year ago feels like five, today. I’m not sure how I ended up where I am, but I think I’m okay with it.
brand new kind of photography 