Monthly Archives: April 2014
Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters
This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters coincided with one of Knoxville’s Dogwoods Arts Festival events — the Market Square Art Fair 2014. Not only did we see fine pottery, woodenware, photography, and blown glass art objects, we also … Continue reading
Travel theme: Glow
As I was reading the Knoxville News-Sentinel yesterday, I saw an article that immediately made a connection to Ailsa’s theme on Where’s My Backpack for this week’s challenge: Travel theme: Glow. In the Great Smoky Mountains every year, fireflies put … Continue reading
Five big reasons we loved Boston Marathon 2014
He finished! That’s right — Jim Miller completed his 100th marathon at Boston Marathon 2014, almost as planned. (See “Run, Jim Miller, Run.“) But if you had asked Jim the night before, he might not have been so sure his … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: On top
Here at the Boston Marathon, there is a feeling of exuberance as everyone in the city and those at home supporting the event truly embody what has become the rallying cry, Boston Strong. For this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: … Continue reading
Blessing of the runners: Boston Marathon
Scheduled on the third Monday of April (Patriots’ Day), the Boston Marathon comes around like clockwork each year. But this year is different. Coinciding with a late Easter when families tend to travel and bouncing back from last year’s tragic … Continue reading
Boston opens arms to marathoners and spectators
We felt the excitement even on the plane. Runners boarded our plane in Philly dressed in running pants, neon Nike’s, and windbreakers. They buzzed about where they were staying, which train to catch, and where to pick up numbers. So … Continue reading
Run, Jim Miller, Run!
Bert and I are headed to the Boston Marathon this weekend. No, we’re not running. In fact, I struggle with just meeting the demands of my Fitbit (set by me, no less) of WALKING (not running) 10,000 steps. Yeah, yeah. … Continue reading
Terra Madre: Women in Clay — Dogwood Arts 2014
Although not one of the official Dogwood Arts Festival 2014 events, the Opening Reception of unique pottery by the Terra Madre potters on March 28th was the starting point for us of what this festival is all about: a celebration of … Continue reading
Travel theme: Clean
Ailsa who blogs at Where’s My Backpack? selected a theme this week that immediately brought to mind some of the daily routines we saw in Nepal: Travel theme: Clean. As we observed various methods people used to keep clean, we reflected … Continue reading
A Three-Gallery Night: Dogwood Arts 2014
It was a night of openings at three galleries celebrating that important middle word in Knoxville’s Dogwood Arts Festival: ARTS. On a warm spring evening – April 11 — patrons headed to the galleries to view creative pieces by some … Continue reading
