Here’s a puppy, enjoying an old toy on the eve of (probably) getting a new one…
I hope you’re having a wonderful day. Travel safe and stay warm and enjoy every last drop of this long holiday weekend (and check out the special Christmas Ark!)!

Here’s a puppy, enjoying an old toy on the eve of (probably) getting a new one…
I hope you’re having a wonderful day. Travel safe and stay warm and enjoy every last drop of this long holiday weekend (and check out the special Christmas Ark!)!

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 circa-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 recently graduated from college and moved out on her own (keep your eyes open and you might spot her at some point, twirling joyously right before she tosses her hat in the air).
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 (yes!! bring on gay marriage, give us a single-payer, completely socialized health care system, and replace the stupid war on drugs with legal, regulated, uber-taxed marijuana -- and some very handy industrial hemp!).
God jul, Alice!
Looks like Nonnie, how adorable. Happy Holidays, Alice.
Thanks for the holiday greetings! I hope you both had a lovely Christmas and are now enjoying the lead-up to the new year!