My newest article can be found in Volume CX, No. 1 of Georgia Historical Quarterly, the scholarly journal of the Georgia Historical Society and the preeminent publication on Georgia's history. (1/4)

At the Atlanta Studies Symposium this week, one of the keynote speakers was Dr Brian Goldstone, whose 2025 book on the working homeless population in Atlanta just received the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction last week. His lecture was eye-opening, and I am eager to read his book. 1/2

Yes, please don’t ask. Buying books and reading books are two separate hobbies.

Kermit the Frog is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.

I did some unmaking and wrote about it here clairewellesleysmith.substack.com/p/unmaking-q...

Gonna have to work “rascality” into some conversations now.

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Tiny little raptors!

@susiemc23.bsky.social Are you affected by that big fire?

I’ve been keeping an eye on a company that makes lightweight scarves with prints inspired by books, and today I found one that I had to order. The print is based on an 1899 edition of Elbert Hubbard’s Little Journeys, printed by his Roycroft Press.1/2

Happy 25th anniversary to Disney’s California Adventure! These big CALIFORNIA letters used to greet visitors at the postcard-perfect entrance. But now they fit perfectly on a shelf! Available in my Etsy shop! designpavilion.etsy.com

“I don’t care where we go for dinner tonight, as long as it’s relatively close to the churro place.” We got six churros with strawberry and dulce de lèche dipping sauces, and a cocoberry sundae. The churro loops on the sundae were coated in Nutella and sprinkled with shredded coconut.

I shared a few photos from the Alabama Theatre on Instagram yesterday, but Andrew has a lot more on his website.

Happy New Year friends! Here’s a quote to give you purpose and meaning in 2026.

Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!

This is wonderful news! Jason has uploaded Eddie Sotto’s Twitter posts to Parkendium.

IT'S A WONDERFUL ESSAY: It seems people usually rewatch 'It's a Wonderful Life' just before Christmas. Can I commend to you this marvelous essay we published a few years ago? It could change the way you understand that classic movie. www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...

We’re pondering how Michael O’Connor’s clothes fit Aloysius T. McKeever so well.

A Silent Night is welcome at the end of a difficult week youtube.com/shorts/jj5D3...

Reporting in from Breakfast with Santa. Lots of kids in cute Santa pjs, plus one girl with a toy snake around her neck. Magical!

We saw a fascinating exhibit at the Zuckerman Museum of Art, on campus at Kennesaw State University. This is the Jennifer Angus “Lady Bug” exhibit.

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2025 feels like that late-stage game of monopoly where you just go round and round paying rent and utilities forever and nobody knows what the rules are anymore and everyone’s just waiting for it all to end except the one player who cheated and has all the money

Brian is making us all cry right out of the gate this morning. This really is a special community. #retromagic

“Hey check it out, Dad. Grandma’s up to 975 points.” My Halloween on the High Seas costume. #DisneyTreasure

Wishing you a peaceful start to your day. We think this tune is “The Carnival of Venice.”

I stepped outside this morning, and got this reminder that beauty is everywhere. (Other photos show the species of butterfly I think this is, and the “peacock blue” ink I just bought for my fountain pen.)

Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht

I sort of forgot about Next Door, but it was mostly just lost pets, people looking for handyman/house painter recommendations, “What was that noise?” and snake identification.

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Méliès shot first! Pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès is widely regarded as having produced the first science fiction films, as well as having originated the art of cinematic visual effects.

We went to see this tool collection at Reinhardt University today. We’ve seen it many times before, but we really like it, so we stop by whenever we’re in the area. This is a tiny sampling of what’s there. I like the organization of them, with a panel for each type of tool.

Tuck Everlasting ❤️

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"When we arrive at the campsite, my kids get to work constructing elaborate pinecone bird feeders while my husband and I put up the tent. Having two kids so they can keep each other entertained works just as well as people said it would."

A new mural in France depicting Lady Liberty covering her face in shame was unveiled one day before America's Independence Day.

We’re watching the Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular from 1988, thanks to the guys at @retrowdw.bsky.social

Reminds me of the guy at work whose fun fact in a round of introductions in a meeting, was, “My wife and daughter wanted a cat, but I said No because I didn’t want a cat. Now we have two cats and I am their sole caretaker.”

It’s a beautiful day at Shenandoah National Park.

Pepper jack crab soup and Asian shrimp salad at Awful Arthur’s in Salem, VA. Delicious! (We were sharing the soup, and they split it in the kitchen; that’s why it looks like a small portion. It’s so rich that half is all I can do!)

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

once again I must tap my own sign