1950
The house currently under our consideration was built in 1950, though many of the fixtures are remanent of a 1940s style. I love the door handles and the bathroom tile. The hardwood floors are in...
View ArticleYou are loved.
Today I drove out to Lake Norman to see a house for rent. The house was beautiful, but moreover, seeing the lake got me thinking about something Erick said about Lake Norman being the largest fresh...
View ArticleSunday Morning, Charlotte, NC (the alien invasion version)
Sunday mornings are always quiet in Uptown. The business folk are home and the more playful bunch is sleeping off the night before; few people, if any, walk the streets. This morning is no exception...
View ArticlePaper or plastic?
Plastic bags are very difficult to recycle and very few make it to the recycling phase. Most end up in landfills, or scattered across the country-side and in our waterways where they are ingested by...
View ArticleMama envy
I’m so sick of being treated like a lesser woman because I’m not gainfully employed while working as a mother to three children. I’m not a SOCCER MOM (what the hell does this mean, really?!), or a...
View ArticleA Day in Pompeii
On August 24th, 79AD, one day following Vulcanalia, the Roman festival for the god of fire, Mt Vesuvius erupted and buried the town of Pompeii in layers of ash and pumice. At the time, those living in...
View ArticleA Day in Columbia, SC at the Zoo
Today we visited the Riverbank Zoo in Columbia, SC. The girls rode ponies and saw a hatchling flamingo. They also sang with monkeys, fed goats, petted tortoises and heard a tiger MEOW. (And I even...
View ArticleObama in Charlotte, NC
It was like the line for the iPhone on steroids with an estimated twenty- to forty-thousand people filling the streets of Uptown Charlotte to see Sen. Barack Obama. The speech was well worth the...
View ArticleRally Talk
Recently at a McCain rally, a woman said she didn’t trust Obama because “He’s an Arab.” McCain was quick to address the crowd, telling them amid boos that Obama was a “decent family man and not an...
View ArticleBarack Obama’s Closing Speech (Canton, OH)
After 21 months on the campaign trail (longest in history), Barack Obama still inspires. Please listen to Sen. Obama’s closing arguments (full speech).
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