prettyemmy
- Originally from: Fayetteville
- Currently residing in: A2, Michigan
- I've been on arkansasrockers since March 25, 2005
- Last updated on Mar 4, 2010 at 8:01PM
In General
Lately
I’m falling in love with Detroit. This city is amazing.
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I just found out President Obama will be speaking at this year’s commencement at U-M. I can’t say I’m not just a bit giddy about the prospect of seeing him on my graduating weekend.
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I’m at the iConference in Urbana-Champaign. It’s my first "real" conference that I’m presenting anything at (well, I’m on a panel) and it’s pretty interesting so far. iSchools are fascinating. Today I heard iSchool rockstars like Marcia J. Bates, Prue Dalrymple, and Jonathan Grudin. It’s fun and exhausting.
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Meredith (and others?):
This may not really be relevant to your conversation but it reminded me of my family history..
I’ve never heard of the beans and german chocolate cake (though I can actually see how that’s pretty good!) and we’re from the other side of the cotton pickers, my mom’s parents owned a cotton farm for several generations (my mom still owns part of it) in the Arkansas Delta but migrants, blacks (she was the last segregated class) and tenant farmers were a big part of my mom’s young life. Some of the food I remember from her family is Hummingbird cake, church recipes, lots of coffee pots (for bridge playing), and stories of the swamps. What I remember from my dad’s family (from Northeast Arkansas, Cave City) is hardscrabble farms (that eventually got sold in the Depression, only to have the family return as tenant farmers of their own land) and a grandma that taught home-ec and had several sets of dishes for dinner parties (and a first edition print of "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" which I now proudly own). Both my roots are deep Arkansas and the family traditions are fascinating.
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At the beginning of this new decade, settling down into the Michigan routine I can’t help but feel very happy and content. I’m excited about graduating. I"m (really!) excited about getting married. I’m excited about finding a new place to live and seeing what adventures lie ahead in this next installment. What a great feeling!