Seventeen and eighteen. Players will ALWAYS look for shortcuts; if you told Pat Burrell he could legally avoid second base and just run directly from first to third straight over the pitcher’s mound, he’d do it. — Rob Iracane for Walkoff Walk
carrboro farmer’s market
carrboro farmer’s market, originally uploaded by minervacat. Of all the 12,000 photos I have on Flickr, dating back to 2003 when I got my first digital camera, I think that my Carrboro Farmer’s Market set best shows how I’ve grown up as a photographer; because it’s a set of a manageable size, but it’s also…
baseball: unc @ duke, game two
baseball: unc @ duke, game two, originally uploaded by minervacat. Root root root for the home team (Bob Hicok) They spit too much in baseball, I can’t watch, I don’t like spitting, we should be elegant, sling garbage in suits, not throw balls at each other’s heads and spit, not slide spikes high and spit,…
delicious delicious desserts
delicious delicious desserts, originally uploaded by minervacat. I genuinely don’t mean this as a knock on Knoxville (har har har, oh bad puns), but I’m genuinely curious: how the hell is Knoxville, Tennessee supporting not one but two really well-booked good-sized music festivals this spring? The first is the recently passed Big Ears Festival, a…
dr dog — shame shame
isle of palms, sc, april 2010, originally uploaded by minervacat. Dr. Dog — Shame, Shame. Out 4/6, Anti- Records. Dr. Dog is a band that I probably would have paid very little attention to, if not for Bristol Rhythm & Roots and my friend Hank. I’d snagged their last two albums prior to Bristol, because…
sullivan’s island, sc, april 2010
sullivan’s island, sc, april 2010, originally uploaded by minervacat. “A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” — Eudora Welty
baseball: mississippi state @ south carolina
baseball: mississippi state @ south carolina, originally uploaded by minervacat. Sixteen. Extra special thanks to Ash‘s mom K. for our tickets; which were great seats and we had a lovely time at the game, although I got a bit sunburnt on one shoulder. South Carolina has a beautiful stadium, SEC baseball is good times, and…
isle of palms, sc, april 2010
isle of palms, sc, april 2010, originally uploaded by minervacat. The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. — Henry Miller
baseball: georgia southern @ college of charleston
baseball: georgia southern @ college of charleston, originally uploaded by minervacat. Fifteen. Sometimes you just need to go to another state and watch baseball you aren’t invested in.
happy national poetry month!
wye oak @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Loud Music (Stephen Dobyns) My stepdaughter and I circle round and round. You see, I like the music loud, the speakers throbbing, jam-packing the room with sound whether Bach or rock and roll, the volume cranked up so each bass notes is like a hand smacking…
brand new kind of photography 