Hello World! There is much to do and the world is vast. Tell me something good! Tell me about a success that you've had, or a thing that you've done, or a thing that you're working on, or a way you've been fortunate or lucky or blessed.
Tell me about your favorite foods, and the records you found while crate digging and the places you go when you can.
I've been planting things in the food forest like a mad man.
I got a new album in the mail last week from a folk band I really like. Also scored some really nice finds in the $1 bins at my favorite record store recently. I went for this Turbines album on a whim not knowing what it was. Turned out to be kinda grungy garage rock that's actually pretty darn good!
It's also a great age for something like Magna-tiles.
I hope you're able to find something she likes!
Overall it's been a great experience so far.
also, my wife and I played a few songs at a local folk music club last week and they went down really well - me on guitar and her singing
Monday, my wife and I went to Chatanooga and stopped by a grocery store that sells imported junkfood.
I got an array of tinned fish and squid snacks and various chips and chewy snacks.
This was very good!
Next door was a comic shop.
I don't like going into comic shops because I really like Comic Books, and it's easy for me to get hooked into spending a lot of mental energy, time, and money on comic books
But this comic book shop also sells vintage toys, and that is a vice I allow myself, so I stepped past the comics and towards the toys and was looking through various ghostbusters and ninja turtles when my wife beckoned me.
Record crates.
In the record crates, dozens of extra rare psych albums, all priced at half (or, sometimes, significantly less than half) of ebay/discogs prices.
So I walked out with The Superfine Dandelions and The Sky Saxon Blues Band and a group called The Cornbread, and a few other odds and ends.
I don't like record shopping in august. Too much risk of ruining the records in the back of a hot car.
But it wasn't too bad out yesterday, so I got them.
Before all that, we went over to the shop in Chatt where we sell toys (The Electric Crocodile) and picked up our payout for July. It was enough to cover our lunch (White Duck Taco, one of my favorite restaurants from Asheville, has recently opened a big beautiful location in Chattanooga) and all my junkfood and records.
That's what I call a win!
We snagged some other odds and ends while we were out, and just generally spent the day together, and it was lovely.
And then we went to the little burger and fries pop-up that runs inside the fancy restaurant a town over on the days that they're closed (does that scan, I can't tell if that scans. Garden path descriptions.) and had an unreasonably good burger and a milkshake.
And then I went home and watched an Albert Pyun movie.
That's a good day!
Yesterday was also a good day! I came to work while my wife and my pal Ryan went to the pottery store to get supplies for their respective pottery endeavors.
I mostly distracted Sundog while I planned the next few months here at NEHI and in the rest of the world.
What was your overall impression of Chattanooga? I'd consider retiring in that area if it fits my needs. Just looking for a simple impression of the city where you spent the most time.
Thanks.
I had a friend who lived there, who's partner was violently attacked and carjacked in front of their home, which is to say: It's a city, and it has all the great parts about being a city but also all the bad parts.
Thanks for the insight on the city. I'd still consider the area for retirement.
Yikes, on the "wild-eyed Evangelicals," stronghold in the Chattanooga area. I'm a #atheist so that's a big ole negative thing and needs to be pondered on before even visiting the city.
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