Tag Archives: Brian
Inhabiting Fxbg’s Landscape of Slavery
In my last post on Carter’s Grove, I found myself imaging what it would be like to inhabit a landscape so thoroughly imbued with slavery. This train of thought led to my wondering about Fredericksburg’s landscape of slavery. Slavery is … Continue reading
Analog Day, Digital Day
This week’s assignment to explore “personal learning networks” through social media came at an auspicious time. Unlike Jason and Dave, last week’s snow days freed up some time for me, because of the particular moment I was in for each of … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Life, The Aspiring Handyman
Tagged Analog Humanities, architecture, Brian, Digital Humanities, fi, Fredericksburg, historic district, PLN, TTRSS, twitter
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Snow Day
Disappointing those who expected to be disappointed, last night’s snowstorm delivered on its promise of real, if icy, accumulation. (Myself, I was expecting real snow, mostly because I was taking the word of Chris White, fredericksburg.com’s weather blogger, who I … Continue reading
In Which I Enjoyed City Bureaucracy
This evening Brian and I attended the monthly meeting of the City if Fredericksburg’s Architectural Review Board. We had a proposal before the board, seeking their approval to replace the entry door and add some signage to Skin+Touch Therapy‘s new … Continue reading
Christmas Approaches in Virginia
I can’t help it, I get sentimental around Christmastime. Too much early 20th century British literature as a child, I suppose. I get a contact high from nostalgia. Anyway, out friends Andy and Eric gave us this Christmas cactus last … Continue reading
Posted in Squirrels that Caught My Attention
Tagged Andy, Brian, Christmas, Eric, Fredericksburg
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It’s Tough to Do the Red White and Blue
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to sit in traffic on I-95 for hours and hours of Thanksgiving traffic between Fredericksburg and Long Island. It occurred to me, watching the long parades of brake lights, that no state has made … Continue reading
Creature of Habit
I drove to campus this morning because the car needed some love, and yet again, I forgot about it and walked home. Brian and Mabel and I had to head back up the hill to retrieve it this evening.
