Basically I’ve seen my office, the pool, a few colleagues and students this week. It was raining and overcast on Monday. And we had a nice bit of sunshine yesterday. I was inside all day. And, so, I present two of the most beautiful things I’ve seen this week.

This flowering dogwood is on Samford’s campus, not far from my office. It never disappoints in the spring:

And, beautiful in a different way, french fries from Milo’s. There’s one just down the street from campus. And so, occasionally, I indulge.

Milo got his start as a cook in the Army during World War II. He came home, opened a restaurant and started working on his burgers. It is a love it or hate it think, everyone agrees. Now they’re starting to expand outside of the state, at least their tea business. This has never made sense to me. The tea is fine, but it is tea. At some point tea is tea. And there is better tea. But now that’s what Milo’s is known for.

A lot of Milo’s doesn’t make sense, granted, but it works.

Today? We had class. And then I made recruiting phone calls. And we critiqued the newspaper. And then I made more phone calls. And then more grading.

So you see why fries were important.