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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One of my kids dressed as Brunel for Halloween years ago! He handed out little business cards explaining who he was. 😁❤️

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Those are at least real letters of the alphabet. (The bar is low!) I remember this ad from last August…

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This is the side wall in the small amphitheater across the street from the museum where the General is housed. We now have a much larger amphitheater next to it for concerts, but I’ve always liked this little space. It’s surrounded by Wilbur Kurtz paintings of the chase.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

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

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I literally just came upstairs to relocate the Wonderful World of Knowledge books from behind the guest bed because my parents are coming to visit tomorrow, and these would be in the way.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

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

Picture of a scarf with an elaborate vine and flower design, from the Headings.com website

The same scarf, with a copy of one volume of the 1899 edition of Little Journeys. This volume is Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors, and it’s open to the title page where this border appears.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Do you know this movie? I won’t spoil it, but it has a very funny Designing Women-adjacent scene.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

“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.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I might have told you this before, but the chase started about five minutes from my house. The real General is now at a museum in Kennesaw, and the real Texas is at the Atlanta History Center.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Our mayor leads the parade on this bike.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

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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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Ours arrived today, too - so cute! Thank you, @radicallyretro.bsky.social !

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The Planet Fitness near us misspelled “judgment” over the front door, and I silently (or not - depends on who is in the car) judge it every time I see it.

Exterior of a Planet Fitness location, with “Judgment” misspelled on the signage over the door

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

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

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

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

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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.)

Beautiful blue butterfly with orange spots on the tips of her wings.

Field guide showing a similar butterfly labeled “Red-spotted purple”. I would have called it “Orange-spotted Blue”

Peacock blue fountain pen ink applied to card stock with a paint brush.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

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.

Antique screwdrivers arranged in a starburst pattern.

Lots of other tools in the Sellars collection

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I think I’ve shown you this before, but this is my favorite Halloween picture of @andrewbramlett.bsky.social. (Thanks to my brother for the Photoshop work!)

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I need to just scan the whole thing, but here are a few sample pages.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I listened to John Williams’s Green Album on the drive up.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

It’s a beautiful day at Shenandoah National Park.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

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!)

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

There’s a rest area in Andrews, NC, where we always stop. When we were there at the start of the long weekend, most of theirs were just about to bloom, and many had bloomed on our return trip.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

We took a few photos of the Grand Bohemian. I wondered what the plan was for that McDonald’s. (One of my kids is a very picky eater, so we’ve gone through that drive through many times!)

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

We drove over to Asheville yesterday to see the Biltmore Village area. Most of that area is still closed.

Cathedral of All Souls in Biltmore Village is still closed.

I think there was a building here before Helene.

This McDonald’s in Biltmore Village has been gutted.

This small shop at the Biltmore entrance gate is still closed.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

We saw this enormous elk in Maggie Valley, NC, this morning. We were safely in the car, and he was very close to the road, right in front of the post office. We thought it was a statue at first.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Here are all of our professors.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Family reunion time! This baby’s name is Xena, Warrior Princess.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We have a relative who grows heirloom tomatoes and is well-known in the seed-saving community. Every year he brings a big tray of gorgeous, multicolored heirloom tomatoes to our family reunion. The flavors are amazing.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Come see the whale sharks! (Those are my kids in the photo - they - are a lot taller now!)

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I had no idea what you were talking about, but I found it in Beach Reads!

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

We’re watching the 1988 Walt Disney World Happy Easter Parade (thanks to the guys at @retrowdw.bsky.social), and Regis just introduced us to an exciting new Viking adventure, coming soon.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I found this layered stencil at Michael’s a couple of weeks ago, and I’m very pleased with the outcome. I was concerned at that there wasn’t enough contrast between the colors, but I like the overall effect.

Trimmed and ready to use! I used that brush on the left to apply the ink.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

No, but I remember the guy at the Disney Store who would set the whole shelf of alarm clocks to go off about 30 minutes after his shift ended.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The evolution of the Peepstravaganza, 2021-2024

2021 - Our first attempt, with a single layer cake. We realized we didn’t have a cake stand, so we improvised with a trifle dish.

2022 - We moved to a two-layer cake. I love those really big white Peeps, but we haven’t seen them since then.

2023 - We thought the bunny on top looked sort of majestic.

2024 - The Peeps on a skewer gave it a Game of Thrones vibe, and the tie-dyed Peep was a fun find.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Weekend movies! I saw The Greatest Showman with one of my sons yesterday, and the other son and I are here for Sunset Boulevard today. Yesterday the organist played a particularly jaunty medley of Gonna Fly Now/Eye of the Tiger, and I’m hoping he does the same program again today. 😁

Strand Theatre in Marietta, GA, with The Greatest Showman on the marquee

Strand Theatre in Marietta, GA, with Sunset Boulevard on the marquee

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

We found this recipe for Fish Surprise Sticks in a Nordic Ware booklet among my grandmother’s belongings. They weren’t kidding about it being unusual.

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Beth B @beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

We’re hoping for rain here! Our pollen count is off the charts, and people who have allergies are miserable.

Pollen count for Atlanta, Georgia, showing a count of 14,801 for today. Parking lots have a green sheen. We can practically sweep it up. We’re expecting rain tomorrow - hooray!

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