A Place Like This

Tag: Tennessee

  • Afternoon Musings

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I could hear the music from upstairs. There's no mistaking it. The sound of New Orleans street jazz.  Along with our festive music was tons of laughter, so I left my desk and went downstairs to see what was going on. First I was greeted by this talking head ,"Momma, it's time for king cake."…

  • Under the Hatch

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    Valarie Budayr
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    What if you turn right instead of left ? I have walked in Nashville so many times that I have acquired walking patterns. This time however, I was giving a first time tour to Mimi and Omi, and so I walked this way instead of that way. It was the coffee sign that lured us in.…

  • The Brain is Wider than the Sky

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    Valarie Budayr
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      It is such an exciting time, after all of the parenting hours to watch your child get ready to go to college. Their senior year is filled with so many "last" moments and so many new ones. There are always several trips to visit universities. Last weekend saw us at Vanderbilt. While visiting Vanderbilt…

  • How to measure a tree.

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    Valarie Budayr
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    We've been spending a lot of time in the forest and walking the greenbelt looking for trees on our scavenger hunt list. As we discover trees and all they hold for us, one of the questions that came up was, How tall do you think that tree is ? There's an easy answer to this…