Originally posted two years ago on July 21, 2010, eight months after we moved to the Magic City and just days after we finally began … Read more »
Created, lived, and retold, right here in Jones Valley, Birmingham.
Category Archives: Birmingham Bungalow
Watching It Grow: Our Community That Gardens
When I was about ten years old, I asked my father for “a piece of earth” so that I could cultivate a garden of wildflowers … Read more »
Considerable Minutiae
Fifteen-something hours in the car (one-way), two kids, countless bags and totes, endless NPR on satellite radio, a sack full of snacks and books and … Read more »
The Red Clay Settles
I’ve been spending a lot of time away from home lately. You might remember I was in the Holy City at the beginning of March, … Read more »
No Place Like Home
I’ll get the bad news out of the way first. Sweet Pea didn’t quite make the cut. The preschool lottery I posted about earlier this … Read more »
Daffodils and Sunshine
I’d planned another post for today, but the excitement of last night’s storms has me feeling a little inward, and a little exhausted. We are thankful … Read more »
Greening our Birmingham Bungalow – Prologue
If you and I are friends on Facebook, or if you happen to follow me on Twitter, there is no doubt that I was harassing … Read more »
First, let me explain…
Once upon a time I tinkered away at a blog called Magic City Manifesto. The inaugural post debuted not long after our family moved to Birmingham in the fall of 2009. Determined to find … Read more »