Spoiler alert: This is it! This is the end of a beginning, my last post on Magic City Made. An exit, it’s been a long time coming… This much … Read more »
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Author Archives: LK
It’s all in what you believe.
It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. -Muhammad Ali For better … Read more »
This little piggy plants a garden – {Swine & Wine}
The jonquils are popping up with their bright yellow blooms and I’m thanking the heavens for the imminent arrival of spring. Soon pear trees will … Read more »
From Charleston…
Here I find myself – a familiar place, a happy place, a comfort zone… By the time I reach the end of Interstate 26, eastbound, and … Read more »
Growing Pains
I was sitting next to the window when the sun finally appeared that afternoon, warming the room and my shadow and waking me from a … Read more »
Where’s this parade headed, anyway?
Thoughts are back on Birmingham, and this time I’m not leaving anything out… Sometimes living ain’t easy. Sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes Birmingham will push you … Read more »
Life Lessons: The Lemon
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have … Read more »
Unexpected Flattery
I can live for two months on a good complement. -Mark Twain In so may ways, through so many of my days, I am filled … Read more »
Just Let It Be: One Big Blur of Everything
So, here we are. 2013, you’ve never looked so good. All that potential and discovery and unknown – I don’t know what to do with … Read more »
Sometimes the truth hurts.
“Ouch.” That’s what I was singing an hour ago as I endured the agony involved with getting a massage. (Sometimes even the most pleasant of … Read more »
Happy Holidays!!
As per my usual, I’ve slipped in to the cave of holiday madness and I’m letting slip all of my typical duties. ‘Tis far too … Read more »
Weekend Wisdom
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold. Edmund Spenser
Published: A Fading City
Just to be clear - as this post’s title may be a bit misleading - Birmingham is not fading. Hardly. And there are those that make it their … Read more »
We told you so! {Broken and still beating}
I’ve been accused of being a Pollyanna – too optimistic to see the realities of the world around me, too caught up in my own … Read more »
Weekend Wisdom
It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity … Read more »
Friday Photo: Downtown Distinctions
It has been a while since I snapped this photo, and I must go back and find exactly where I was standing. 1st Avenue North, … Read more »
Home is where this ode is.
A lot of people ask me about Birmingham. As a result, I suppose I’ve unconsciously created my own little elevator pitch for the Magic City, after answering … Read more »
Just vote, people.
To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain. Louis … Read more »
Intending to make the best mistakes
This is the first installment in a month-long challenge to post every. single. day. For more information, visit The Writeous Babe Project. Every morning when I get up, … Read more »
So This Is Magic…
Magic. /ˈmajik/ Noun: The power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. Lord, have mercy, y’all – It’s been … Read more »