Dress: Vintage | Scarf: Vintage | Earrings: MADE via Anthropologie (fair trade) | Ring: Matr Boomie via Thrive (fair trade) | Shoes: Nisolo (made with transparency) Each August the inhabitants of my neighborhood don costumes, take to the streets, and celebrate the tomato. The Tomato Art Fest is one of my favorite events each year. […]
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My friend Sam likes to cook. Actually, she is pretty passionate about food in general. She’s an avid gardener, and she’s working to end hunger on local and national levels through Community Food Advocates, the CROP Walk, and other programs. Yeah, she’s pretty cool. And now Sam is bringing her passion for food to her
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Love. From the moment I enter 1907 Apparel, that’s what surrounds me. Maybe it’s the way owner Dawn Cornelius reaches down to my 2-year-old and shows him a place he can draw. Perhaps it’s the intriguing story displayed on the wall or the box for clothing donations to support an adopting family. Nestled among The
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Yes, I am totally wearing makeup. I knew I would want my picture at the finish line! Two years ago, I spent the day of the Tomato Art Fest at the hospital, embarking on a five-month sentence of bed rest. This year, I ran my first 5k! Yep, the girl who insisted on walking through
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A funny noiseA funny smellIs it here?No, we are safeHigh on our hill Go to bedMust sleepMust sleepCan’t sleep All those housesAll those peopleSo closeSo near A car doorFire DepartmentTime to goNo, a neighborHauling his dumpster to the street(It’s midnight, man – are you crazy?)(Maybe just back from sandbags. Good man, good man.) Okay.Go to
I don’t even know what to say any more. Just blogging to get some feelings out. What a crazy few days. Tonight the evacuations came closer to us….just a mile or so away. We are at a much higher elevation, and a mile makes a big difference, but it is a little scary. I’m hoping
Beautiful Nashville is underwater. Our house is safely perched on a hill, so we are staying dry. However, many homes and business in the city are experiencing catastrophic flooding. Paul and I were driving home from visiting my grandmother in Kentucky yesterday when we first started hearing about the flooding. As we drove down I-65,
On a recent sunny day I was out running errands. I watched people walking their dogs and whizzing about on their scooters, and I had a moment of gratitude for my awesome neighborhood. Suddenly, I saw a cyclist whip his bike around the left side of a car at a stop sign, determined to dash
Google deleted the 3000 member East Nashville listserv this morning. Several years of banter, service references, acts of kindness, and community announcements are gone. Laura Creekmore, the listserv founder and moderator, is working to she if she can restore the list or at least create a new one. More info is available at her blog:
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Hey, readers, time for a little self-promotion. This Saturday, June 28, I’ll be at CRAFT’s Summer Extravaganza with ghia. You should check it out. There will be dozens of local artists peddling their fabulous work, plus a cookout to benefit East Nashville Cooperative Ministry. I’m supposed to receive a new shipment of fair trade jewelry