For everyone who thinks I keep my distance + am too far away + maybe even gone too long if not too far gone and you still can't imagine what it is I do down here, i submit an Obnoxious Holiday Blog. Now, i think my life is wildly interesting which is both fortunate and grandiose. but i leave some of it here nonetheless to exchange with you + you can pick on the parts that amuse you. So, even though holiday newsletters are indeed obnoxious, mine has eyecandy and thats something.

Sunday, December 17, 2006

WELCOME TO U.S. PIPE


you will see many photos of the 124 year old industrial site of U.S. Pipe. It will be demolished very soon and a massive environmental clean-up project begun - then development - then who knows what will become at the foot of Lookout Mountain between the bend in the Tennessee River and South Broad Street. Right now it is where i spend a great deal of time with my camera.

posted by acmecatalyst at 4:40:00 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger adlibris said...

What a great idea, Mary! Hope this Christmas finds you well and toasty-warm with the new furnace!

I love your photos of US Pipe. My grandfather worked for them for more than 40 years, and I remember my mom always saying that with pride as we rounded Moccassin Bend.

I am so going to miss Festival of Lights. It absolutely made Christmas real for me every year. I thought of you last Friday in fact when I went on a charity carol-singing thing. I kept asking all the ladies, "Do you know 'Let Peace Begin With Me'?"

Happy Christmas, Mary. Much love and joy to you.

--Lib

12/21/2006 01:17:00 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

after christmas the site manager is going to walk thru the entire site on camera with me from the beginning of the work-flow process to the end where they put the refined waste in the ground! his name is jim and he has been there almost half a century and is literally the last man standing. it all comes down after the new year.

12/21/2006 08:47:00 AM

 

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