Back from Chattanooga, where things went...okay. I don't know exactly where to begin on the weekend at home, so maybe I'll come back to it ( Read more... )

How are you? Don't you know me? I'm your not-so-native son ( Read more... )

So I've spent some of the evening watching Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (I think I got that right), which is about life and art in the rural South. I didn't watch all of it, but I taped it so I can finish it later. It gave me quite a bit to think about, but the main thing I've taken away from it so far is how lonely the Southern life is. I've ( Read more... )

This morning, I cooked up some cheesy taters, and we loaded up and drove to my grandparents' house. We had a nice (though more meager than when my grandma used to make it) meal, and had nice conversations with my relatives ( Read more... )

It's been a busy coupla days. Amy's brother, Scott, and his fam have arrived and have been keeping us busy. Well, not THAT busy. Yesterday, we just sat around and visited. Today, though, we set out for the Tennessee Aquarium, where we toured both the River and Ocean buildings (Ocean is new, and Amy and I had not seen it). Ocean was over-hyped, so ( Read more... )