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our happiest news!
I haven’t been as active in writing here as I would like to be, but my lack of posts have been for a very good reason! Garner and I are expecting a baby girl in May 2023! I am currently 17 weeks today, and I’m thankfully feeling well. The first trimester wasn’t too rough thanks…
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life and 2022 goals update
I’ve been radio silent since May here on the blog, but that’s because I started a new job! I began working for Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division as the Historic Resources Survey Coordinator on May 16, so this summer has been a season of change and transition for me (and Garner) as I adjust to a…
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my 32nd birthday
This past Saturday, I turned 32, and Garner and I spent the day celebrating and relaxing! We went to brunch at one of our favorite places in Rome, Blossom Hill BBQ & Burgers, caught a movie, and tried out a newer restaurant for dinner, Melinda’s Coastal Kitchen (with all of the high school prom couples!).…
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Southside Virginia Civil Rights History: 1960 Danville Library Sit-In (Pt. 2)
This is part two of a post on the 1960 Danville, Virginia, library sit-in. See part one here. This post traces how Confederate memory in Danville played a large role in suppressing civil rights in the city. Image: Young, Cassye. “The Memorial Mansion as Jefferson Davis Saw It.” Pamphlet. Danville, VA, 1955. Small Special Collection,…
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Southside Virginia Civil Rights History: 1960 Danville Library Sit-In (Pt. 1)
Today’s post marks the first of a series adapted from my public history MA thesis and Ph.D. dissertation on the history of the civil rights movement in Southside Virginia. Sixty-two years ago today, sixteen Black high school students challenged segregation at what was then known as the Confederate Memorial Library (now the Danville Museum of…
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early spring garden tour
Here’s a quick tour of what’s happening in our garden right now! The previous owner of our home was a master gardener and planted so many beautiful plants and shrubs. She also planted the yard for each season, so we always have something in bloom! Currently, the daffodils, ajuga, and hyacinths are showing off some…
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books I read in January and February
I’ve always been a bookworm, and I set a goal on Goodreads to read 30 books in 2022. Here are the ones I finished in January and February of this year. Let me know if you’ve read any of these or if you have recommendations! The Miracle Equation by Hal Elrod I began this book at…
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one year in our home
Saturday was the first anniversary of closing on our home! We have loved living in our 1912 Georgian cottage and making it our own. Before we moved in last spring, we had a team remove wallpaper and paint and replace some of the flooring. In buying an old house, you never quite know what repairs…
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Rome Little Theatre’s Morningside
The theatre bug first bit me sometime in late elementary school when I saw some of my friends in a Halifax County Little Theatre production of Honk! I then participated in a regional summer theatre program in elementary and middle school and the drama forensics team in middle school. In high school, I didn’t jump…
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Black History Month book recommendations
February is Black History Month, and its origins date back to the second week of February in particular. African-American scholar Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded what was then called “Negro History Week” in February 1926, which he selected to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. At that time, public schools did…
Emily Martin Cochran
life and a little history
Emily Martin Cochran 