Things I have learned tonight: 1. There was a Nashville centennial celebration in 1880. The exposition hall was at the corner of Broadway and 8th Avenue South, where the federal courthouse is now. This should be so very close to Ben and Sue Allen’s house that I can’t help but wonder if I might find [...]
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It’s supposed to rain all weekend, but I hope not, because I want to go play tourist all over town, looking at Italianate things. The folks over on Twitter gave me some great stuff to look at in addition to what’s in the comments on the last post. Check out the Merritt Plantation house on [...]
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1. Wislawa Szymborska is dead, which is sad. Though 88 years isn’t a bad run. The poem at this link is a good representation of her talent. Note how it kind of starts off being a poem you think you’re just going to kind of have to stop reading after about ten lines, just to [...]
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