A new year means a new year’s resolution, maybe to stick to a diet or find entertainment in lieu of the writers’ strike.
Done and done.
Former Alabama linemen Roger Shultz (above right) and Trent Patterson (above left) have re-teamed to compete on “The Biggest Loser: Couples” for a shot at $250,000.
We think we’re happy,
for a little while, at least,
and then the sun shines.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Wait! I was going
to tell you something else, but
it has slipped my mind.
• • •
Read more haiku.
How many ways are
there to say purple and pink?
Shades of meaning blur.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Hello, Larry: After a relatively subdued campaign, Jefferson County commissioner Larry Langford bested nine other candidates to become Birmingham’s mayor. Soon thereafter, second-place finisher Patrick Cooper challenged Langford’s residency in court, only to drop it two months later.
The mayor-elect wasted no time in stirring things up, even though he wouldn’t officially take office until November. (See below.)
Check out his inauguration on Nov. 13 …
The old car groans in
agony with winter’s brute
force driving down temps.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Artistry all around: Two of Birmingham’s biggest festivals made September a downtown destination. Artwalk had another successful outing, pulling in more than 10,000 visitors over two days. Your 2007 winners are Omni Studio (First Place), Bobby Michelson (Second Place), Royal Miree (Third Place) and Scotty White (Honorable Mention).
The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival closed out the month without the turmoil of the past year (funding issues! staff changes! filmmaker bickering!). The three-day festival featured a new executive director, a better opening night film (“The Ten,” which sent a few audience members scurrying out early), and the usual slate of parties, films and fun. In all, the judges and audience selected 34 winners … 10 more than the Oscars.
Photographer Larry O. Gay shares his snapshots from Artwalk …
Resolve not to make
great leaps but tiny steps to
take each passing day.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters
Happy New Year! Bless us and keep us safe in 2008, a 366-day odyssey of discovery, wonder and joy.
Error: Feed has an error or is not valid.
