Monthly Archives: May 2013

A Word a Week Challenge: Angle

When I saw the challenge word — ANGLE –this week from the blog A Word in Your Ear, I remembered this iconic cowboy we saw in Canyon, Texas. The bent-over figure with his elbow angled in the air seemed to … Continue reading

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Charmed by Christabel at Knoxville Museum of Art’s Alive After Five

It’s not like we get to hear the sultry Southern sounds of Christabel and the Jons much any more.  We’re lucky to hear them at all now.  Lead singer Christa DeCicco has moved from East Tennessee to St. Thomas, Virgin … Continue reading

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Seven Springy Things to Do at Blooms Days 2013

Even with occasional downpours threatening the festival at the UT Ag campus, Blooms Days 2013 (May 11 & 12, 2013) at the UT Gardens blossomed forth with colorful flowers, eager volunteers, and guests in the hundreds admiring, strolling, photographing, and buying. … Continue reading

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Word a Week Challenge: Face

Sue Llewellyn who writes an outstanding photography blog “A Word in Your Ear” has a Word a Week Challenge that you can access here: http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com Each week, in response to the post, bloggers find some of their best representations for … Continue reading

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Cruise into Big D’s Downtown Dive if you’re hungry in Roswell!

Not only were we looking for aliens in all the right places, we were searching for food, too — in downtown Roswell, New Mexico.  (Click here for our blog on UFO Museum.) TripAdvisor ranked Big D’s Downtown Dive #1, so … Continue reading

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Something happened — or did it? A quick peek into Roswell, New Mexico.

Oh, sure — we’d heard of Roswell.  That’s where aliens descended upon the US back in the 40s. Right?  Well, maybe.  Maybe not.  But when I signed on for a day of training teachers in Clovis, New Mexico, my husband … Continue reading

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Get Your Cajun On: 2013 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival

Turn up that zydeco and get your cajun on!  There’s nothing like a Louisiana festival for food, fun, and fantastic movement — and this is one of the best: Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival in early May when mudbugs are runnin’ … Continue reading

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Culture’s country at Nashville’s BNA — and we lak it lak that!

Since we live in Knoxville but sometimes want to fly Southwest, we head to Nashville International Airport (BNA) and board a plane to wherever that economy airline will take us.  And if you’ve visited the Southwest terminal lately, you may … Continue reading

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