what do michael jackson and africa have in common? okay, admittedly not a lot. but there is one thing: stacie — or anastasia, as i’ve fondly known her since she was just a kid. it’s hard to believe anastasia is a rising high school senior now. it seems like only yesterday that she and my […]

…no more teachers’ dirty looks.” actually, it’s doubtful that elizabeth has ever received a dirty look from a teacher. and if things go as planned, there are still plenty of pencils and books in her future. so the phrase may not apply. but high school graduation is still a huge milestone. and, knowing elizabeth, we […]

tuesday was cold. so cold, in fact, temperatures reportedly reached a record low for this calendar date in georgia. so cold, that my nose was dripping on the back of my camera, and eileen — attempting to give instruction to our subject — gradually became incapable of enunciating both explosive consonants and rounded vowels. (“awkay, […]