Most of the plants are in the greenhouse as the temps continue to dip. I love my begonias and so glad we have enough cuttings to start more! I love, too, the tomatoes that are still coming in. Late last week found us in Birmingham at the Southern Historical Association meeting, a wonderful place to… Continue reading musings
The rain, wind and lightning were coming down very hard, but sixteen students, our graduate teaching assistant Liam Adkison, and I joined Steve Davis, historian for UA’s Bryce Hospital, for a wonderful tour. What a walk through time for my “American Civilization Since 1865” class! I learned the 22nd patient was an African American man.… Continue reading awesome visit to Bryce Hospital
Still coming down from Alabama’s wonderful win over LSU last night and the passing of trumpeter Roy Hargrove. Also, still strengthened by the brief research trip to Smathers Libraries. All of these things in some way point to various freedoms that I am compelled to not take for granted, among them the freedom to ask… Continue reading freedom
While waiting for my connecting flight to Birmingham from Gainesville, I learned Roy Hargrove had died. Forty nine years old. Having studied the life of Grant Green, a jazz guitar great gone too soon at age 43, I know the scene is a hard one. My first time seeing you, you were saying good bye… Continue reading rest in peace, roy
Driving around the top half of my home state, I can definitely see how the governor’s race is tight on the basis of the signs on the side of the road. But I most like the signs offered above. The drive following the brief trip to the Smathers Libraries archive is helping me intuit more… Continue reading signs
There are few better moments as a researcher than having the chance to get into an archive. Some extra research funds offered by my department Chair permitted me a quick trip to Smathers Libraries Special and Area Studies Collections to flesh out the content in my in-progress book on racial and spatial politics on the… Continue reading archive moments
Love this piece by Laci LaVoy at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery, Alabama. I bought it at Tuscaloosa’s annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts. Hats off to Laci and her classmates for making it to the fest even though they had just three weeks to prepare after seeing their school destroyed by… Continue reading kentuck moment
