The clean out continues and a restaurant is now gone. Chains tend not to do real well in downtown Athens.

We are starting a major renovation on the dean’s suite at the college. Everyone has been moved out and the disassembly has begun with demolition slated for the end of the semester.

It means we will lose our mailboxes and all their Art Deco beauty. Report is they are going to be repurposed for a restoration project elsewhere in town. (I asked, because I really wanted my mailbox door …)

Coming in to campus from a different direction, I came across one of the campus preachers and an apparent protestor. Seemed appropriate on election day.

Mourning at the bus stop.

A lot of things going on around the college and home of late, but today was my mother’s birthday. She passed five years ago last month, seems so long ago and just yesterday. I really needed a little place and space today.

A little busier on a Sunday night than normal as we had the Advanced Photojournalism kids over for a Pie Night.

Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like – most of the class, the dean and his wife plus one of my faculty colleagues, all filled the house with pie.

There was even a Best of Show award, a fancy pie server, won by McGee Nall.

Out on the backroads, there are a lot of abandoned structures. Some are lost to time, some maybe not. This, with some work, could be a nice little retreat for someone.

Late in the afternoon, the leadership team for the college gathered for a little celebration. They’ve cleared the accreditation hurdle and announced some promotions.