Wade on Birmingham

Archive for January, 2009

the mugs are where we left them

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

A fine layer of
dust has settled over the
phone and the keyboard.

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Alabama, Utah, and a big bowl of sugar

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

In case you missed Alabama and Utah in their Sugar Bowl battle on Friday, we have the game. Sorry, but well, it still ends the same.

hat collection

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

You wear many hats.
Some fit, some cover your eyes.
One should stay in place. 

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a steady tremble

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Her soft hand keeps watch
over mine, while a second
hand provides backup.

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unending gray

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Bitter sky roils
with tremulous webs of bleak,
mist-covered monsters.

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Happy 2009!

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”
— Bill Vaughn

Happy New Year! May 2009 bring peace and prosperity to Birmingham and beyond.

 

Happy New Year 2009

AP

In Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, partygoers dance in front of a laser and water show in the early hours of 2009.

Happy New Year 2009

John Javellana/Reuters

Spectators watch a fireworks display amidst the rain during a New Year’s Eve countdown in Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, the Philippines.

Happy New Year 2009

Rajwinder Singh/Flickr

Fireworks in Sydney, Australia, to welcome 2009.

let it begin

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Oh nine, oh well, time
to crank through another 12
months of mystery.

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