just hanging out

another reason to love summer in the country

blackberries fresh off the bush--mmmm!

I saw some sort of mountain lion or maybe coyote while picking these. YIKES! It ran away before I could tell (or take a picture).

fun weekend

If time is inescapable in its inexorable sequentiality, that still does not solve the fundamental problem of historical causation; it only makes it possible to contemplate it.

--historiography book I'm reading


And how was your weekend?

The world is a zesty place, but it’s easy to forget that when you’re surrounded by clusters of non-descript cul-de-sacs and uninspired strip malls.

-Maya Frost

Did you know that Blount County is the covered bridge capital of Alabama?

Now you do!

whew!

16,714 words
1,560 lines
236 footnotes
98 paragraphs
57 pages
1 more chapter finished!

blueberries!

Blueberries are one of my favorite parts of summer. Straight off the bush--YUM! I'll be enjoying these for the rest of the week, and working hard on my writing. Happy Independence Day!