Teaching southern studies in Alabama, by way of Baltimore, GA, and Mississippi. Walking & reading my way through the South.

Birmingham, AL
The begrudged mentor.
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Z Barista to Z barista: I think that old dude is here again. Moi to moi: it me?
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Ophelia visits Dash in my parents' garden.
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Great cure to a case of the Mondays: listening to a student talk about how the colors in an Eggleston photograph make him feel.
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Very pleasant evening to start a novel I've been very excited to read.
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I have never experienced barometric-related grogginess before, but this is WILD (derogatory.)
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You, too, can make it in America if you're aggressive enough about throwing teachers under the bus.
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The hydrangea tells me my reports of rain are lies.
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This was a really interesting book to read and write about against the backdrop of MAHA and the broader landscape of alternative food and religious movements in contemporary America. h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.ph…
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Dream-clouds over Birmingham today.
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The last of the weekend hours.
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Scrolling though instagram today is fun because it's all my biggest arthouse goon friends from Ole Miss calling Lane Kiffin things that would make frat bros blush.
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This is how Dash waits for my father to come back from Continental Bakery.
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My favorite dinner host in Birmingham.
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Truly life-changing books. RIP.
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It's a little early in the semester to be listening to Phish after 3 beers on a Tuesday. But here we are.
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I will say this for the Sunday evening grade-a-thon: it's always worse than you were thinking it'd be.
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Chasing dust.
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Janis Joplin and Leon Russell back to back to this evening at the Pig. One banger after another.
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For my old man's 77th, another copy of BLONDE ON BLONDE to wear out.
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