Jan 31st: An ice-storm blew in over the southern United States overnight, and Rhodes students woke up to tinkling trees, encrusted in clear glass, and no class. A snow day in Memphis is a rare thing. The entire city shuts down. But Café Eclectic, the local brunch favorite, was open when I called. My friends…
2023 crept onto the scene last night with some faraway fireworks and faint shouting, which I heard out the window as I was trying to sleep. Also with a bit of rain. So I made pancakes this morning.
Finals week took me under but I’ve just submitted my final one and I’ve never felt so accomplished–and festive, too! I listened to a lot of Nat King Cole these past few weeks, and his cozy voice would make me feel like I was walking through snowy streets of New York. At the library front…