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About
Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an almost-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, G-Dog (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). We have one kid (that we know of) -- a daughter, Emmie, who plays a supporting role on the blog. She's off being a student, but she pops in often enough to keep things interesting.
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. G-Dog and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant, arugula-eating, progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist and I'm looking forward to an administration that doesn't raise my blood pressure quite as often as the outgoing one did...
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Beautiful!
Am I just imagining things, or do I see a bit of your mother in Emmie?
There are times when I wish one could enlarge your photos and this is one of them.
Thanks, Ken! I hope there will be more where that came from soon!
Keera, I think there’s more than a bit of my mother in Emmie, but it’s hard for me to put my finger on where. I suspect that all three of us share a cheekbones/face-shape/long chin thing.
Getting beyond the physical, Emmie definitely owns her grandmother’s sense of adventure, too!
I wish I could enlarge the image as well — I was actually a bit disappointed in the way it turned out from a technical standpoint (it’s a bit fuzzy), but it is just a snapshot of a photo (and I do so love the composition of the original!). I’m about to embark on a photo archiving project that will produce much better results, though, as I’ll be scanning from the negatives, so I’ll be able to reprocess some old photos from scratch. If I can get my hands on the negative from this image, I’ll let you know…
I had to ask because I don’t really see your mother in you, but with this photo, I saw her in Emmie.
It’s a delightful photo, with so much story in the details: A backyard, a woman, a birdbath, a magazine, summer clothes, a neighborhood.
Yes, a very interesting setting with some engaging details. I found myself going back to it several times that day, taking it all in.
I don’t know who this is but she is very beautiful
Thanks, Beep. She’s my mom, back when she was a single girl.