My Life In Pictures

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// Miss Tullah Belle looking both cute and weird.  The usual.  She's been sleeping more often than not  and she's slowed down considerably in the last few months but she's still got a great appetite so I'm not too worried.  Just trying to enjoy the time we have together and take lots of pictures and get lots of snuggles.

// Not-so-fancy folk at a very fancy wedding.  To be fair, all weddings seem pretty darn fancy to me since I got married at the courthouse while wearing leggings and boots.  But this was really was a fancy wedding via Brady's cousin in ATL and we had a really good time.  I cut off all my hair into a big curly bob the day before and it's been an experience navigating this new style.  It's amazing how big and poofy it can be.  Like, 'the higher the hair the closer to God' big.  Too bad you can't see it in the picture.

// Birthday trip to Cumberland Island = best. day. ever.

// My days of shopping at Target have dwindled dramatically thanks in part to a strict budget and my 333 goal and so we can pay off some of that credit card debt from previous travels but I sometimes go with other folks from work and I always end up buying a pair of $1.50 socks.  Always.  These are some of favorites because CRYPTOZOOLOGY!

// More Cumberland Island.  Ok, this post is going to be heavy on those photos because I had such a good time.  This one is me in my puffy vest (why did it take me 42 years to discover the joy of puffy vests?!?), my Christmas gifted Yeti Thermos (that we are terrified of losing because a) it is a miracle item that keeps our tea hot for days and b) I'm sure it was shockingly expensive and we don't want to leave it anywhere) and a sign for the Seacamp Campground that was the signal for my brain that, yes, we had really arrived to the island and we can commence the nostalgia full force.

// On the way down to the Golden Isles we stopped at the Smallest Church In America to see what had been rebuilt and/or restored after the arsonist burned it to the ground.  The chapel structure has been completed, there were already notes and prayers left by weary travelers, and the stained glass was something to behold but they were clear-cutting the entire area while we were there and I just couldn't watch as they destroyed the old growth trees that had shaded the building for decades.  At this point I think I'll just remember the place fondly but I don't think I'll be back.

// I rarely get the chance to ride on a boat but every single time I do I end up singing The Lonely Island's song I'm On A Boat.  It's lame and that stuff was wayyyyy too long ago to still be relevant but it cracks me up regardless.  Maybe I'll keep singing it til it becomes cool again...what, 10 years or so?  And, no, I didn't bring my flippy floppies.

// One of our favorite places is a El Salvadorian restaurant with an excellent mural and even better bean pupusas.

// Got a new tattoo.  I love it.  And I love possums.  Judge me if you will but me and my big hair don't care.

// Things I miss about living in coastal Georgia?  The views.  The trees.  The moss.  The marsh.  The salt air.  But I'm a mountain gal now.  My heart does go pitty-pat when I visit my old homestead and see the unique beauty but then I can't wait to get home among the granite boulders and the roaring shoals and sometimes-not-so-gently sloping hills.

// Went with friends to Athens 1st Annual Martin Luther King Jr parade and celebration.  I'm still aghast that we haven't done anything as a city and community up until this year but the organization/volunteers behind the parade did a stellar job.  There were puppet shows, spoken word, music, art and more.  There was also an artist doing a photobooth type photography session for his continual project and I sat for a quick, and unsuprisingly awkward looking, photo.  

// There was more to my birthday weekend besides Cumberland Island.  Brady and I rented an airbnb in Brunswick that happened to be the restored home where a long ago ex-boyfriend had once lived.  I didn't recognize it from the pictures and didn't put it all together until we were sent the address but it turned out to be cool because I know where everything is in that neighborhood.  We invited a few friends over and we all ate pizza and the guys drank wayyyy too much whisky because they always do when they get together and then we all went to Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island.  The driftwood trees are uh-may-zing.  I usually go to the other end of the island because it's quieter but we had the place to ourselves on a cold blustery morning in January.

// A throwback picture to New Year's Eve where we tilled a friend's garden and ending up going to sleep by 10pm because we were exhausted from it.  I love days like that.  Where we come together with others and make something happen.  

Big thanks to everyone who has sent postcards!  I just mailed out over a dozen to places all over the world.  Keep 'em coming!  Go here to find out more.  

And if you happen to be in the Athens, GA area there's The People's Power Happy Hour tonight at Normal Bar where you can mix politics and postcards.

"Making our legislators work for us doesn't have to be work for us. We can eat. We can drink. We can laugh. We can--AND WILL!-- hold our legislators accountable to us, and we will have tons of fun doing it. 

Got a political issue that makes you feel some kind of way? We'll have the resources you need to make your voice heard, including phone numbers and addresses for our local and federal policymakers! As well we'll be jointly constructing a few letters as practice if you're worried about what to say. 

On top of that, we'll have postcards from Classic City Postal Service and others that you can send to Senator Johnny Isakson, Senator David Perdue, Congressman Jody Hice, Mayor Nancy Denson and others."

Have a great Monday and keep up the good fight!