Jack Carey

Teaching southern studies in Alabama, by way of Baltimore, GA, and Mississippi. Walking & reading my way through the South.

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And good evening.

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Good morning, beautiful world.

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I'll pass on exploring our exciting new AI hub for faculty.

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In the coffee shop.

"What can I get you today?"

(In an accent I last heard in Mississippi circa 2007): "Well, I'm not sure I'm prepared to answer that."

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All I can hear on the porch now is rain and birdsong.

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Cock of the walk.

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Evangeline takes notes on everything Jolene does until the hissing breaks up the training session.

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@respondebat_ill Soothing.

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I welcome our friend-invaders, the chimney swifts.

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Every six summers or so, you try a light beer and then realize why you never should again.

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Summer Sunday soundscape is the whirring of the ceiling fan and three sets of animal snores.

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Impossible to resist, not that I've ever tried to, a loaded day-old rack at the bakery.

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No terror like falling asleep on a summer afternoon and waking up in a pool of sweat.

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@respondebat_ill The beautiful ending!

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Tis the season.

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Grouchiest academic you've ever met: my work is about joy and pleasure.

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Jolene (begrudgingly) welcomes Evangeline.

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How bad can things be when you get a perfect day for hanging linen?

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My YouTube algorithm after one "self-paced" website training module.

[Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine]

who up doing activist postmodern scholarship to undermine the humanities?