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I want things I cannot articulate, laid out before me like a garden of red peppers, now barely seeds. Walking in suburbia after midnight is walking in the land of cats and small beetles, open...
Patsy Cline, "Walking After Midnight"
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you...
Image of a cherry tree covered in blossoms. Click to enlarge. "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" by Francis William Bourdillon The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the...
“The model for tomorrow, and this is the model I’ve been using with enormous enthusiasm since I started blogging back in 2001, is to try everything. Make mistakes. Surprise ourselves. Try anything...
This past week, I had my very first food story as the section lead in the local alt weekly paper. It's a personal stepping stone for me, because I never really write about food or music for pay....
I was slightly obsessed with this song in 2011, and it pleases me that Emeli Sandé is finally playing on the Top 40 radio stations in North Carolina. Emeli Sandé, "Next to Me"
"It's the disconnect of being trained since birth to look a certain way, only to have dudes turn around and go, 'Don't you know we hate all that stuff on your face?' Like it was our idea! Like...
Click to enlarge. The Main Library of Uptown Charlotte has featured a multitude of literary quotes on its outer columns since 1996. (Though the building itself has been around as long as I can...
Yesterday I wrote that I wouldn't be writing this week. Humans are creatures of multiple contradictions. Looks like I'm blogging after all! If you follow me on my personal Twitter, you'll know I'm...
As many of you know (and are tired of me telling you), I work as a freelance writer and will occasionally take a job writing in-house for a company. For the past two weeks, I've been hired to do...
Click to enlarge.The Oconaluftee River is sacred to the people of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, and I feel very lucky to have spent a day enjoying the late winter sun on its shores. March 16, 2013,...
“I want you to know that it is not always easy to love me. That sometimes my chest is a field full of landmines, and where you went last night, you can’t go tomorrow. There is no manual, there is...
Click to enlarge image.Happy early St. Patrick's Day! The only rainbow I am interested in are these French Macaroons. How beautiful are they? If they look familiar, it may be because you've seen...
Nothing in media or pop culture exists within a vacuum. Today on FitC, we visit three recent films that are aimed at children and young adults. We are forever absorbing messages through media, and...
Image via stfuconservativesToday is International Women's Day. While we raise a toast to the amazing, brave and intelligent women in our lives, we also have to remember why today is still a...
Click to enlarge.This giant phallic landmark is supposedly a pen in an inkwell. It sits in the middle of the main campus at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. The illustrious creators...
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently...
La Bibliothéque de la Cité. Click to enlarge. Found via AshleyISee, from Simon & Schuster Canada, via a Seattle blog post, to your computer screen this lovely winter's day. From Simon & Schuster...
You know, sometimes, the world just feels like a dark and endlessly frightening place, and even the thought of getting out of bed and finding clean socks is a momentous task. Sometimes it's an...
“I suspect it’s difficult for men to imagine a world in which their bodies have long been inextricably linked to their value as an individual, and that no matter how encouraging your parents were...
Click image to enlarge. This little light of mine,I'm gonna let it shine. Sherman Memorial Church of God in ChristCharlotte, N.C., USA
Have you been following build-up to the Oscars this year? The awards ceremony is on Sunday, and as usual, I'll be sipping mimosas and watching the film equivalent to the Super Bowl. If you have...
February Edition (September Edition is here.) Wake up when husband gets up, even if that means insomnia only allowed for two hours of sleep. I sit on the stairs in my blue nightgown as he puts on...
“You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.” —...
Natalie. Natalie. What are you doing? Natalie, are you drunk? You have a blog, remember? Flaneur in the City? It's waiting for you. Readers are waiting for you. You beg them to follow you and then...
Screen grab via American Forests. Charlotte was recently named one of the 10 Best Cities for Urban Forests by the nonprofit American Forests. Their write-up includes a special shout-out to our...
My darling Ashley (I See!) sent me a Jane Austen scarf for my birthday last month, and she is featuring it on her blog today. It's basically one of many love letters I write to Ash, turned blog...
“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually consider that they give equal amounts of attention to girls and boys, and it is only when they make...
A bit about this piece, in the artist's own words: "The original poster, which is a celebrated American cultural symbol, features and glorifies a white woman. While I adore the original image, not...
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