Caroline Mitchell Carrico

WKNO

I started listening to WKNO-fm, NPR for the MidSouth, a couple of years ago. I realized that I didn’t get the newspaper, I don’t like watching TV news, and I wasn’t reading about current events online. Basically, I was unaware of what was going on in the U.S. and the wider world. And, for aContinue reading “WKNO”

Dirt Therapy

It’s another dreary, overcast day, which, as always, put me in a funk. This general funkiness was compounded by the fact that I was tired, the kid was screaming for lunch, and the dog was whining incessantly for whatever he didn’t have right then. I was about ready to mentally shut down and throw a blanket over my head. Not that that would have solvedContinue reading “Dirt Therapy”

A Verse for the Pink Palace

Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
The Pink Palace serves many functions —a place to collect and care for objects related to the MidSouth, an educational facility, a venue to get married and a motivation for creative works. Mark Doty is one person whose visit to the museum inspired a personal interpretation.…

Dreary

It’s dreary today, and I’m under the weather in the literal and figurative senses of the phrase. I have whatever stomach bug the baby had earlier this week, and the rainy day has me feeling extra tired. But there is tea and Swamplandia! by Karen Russell. And Greg got chili going this morning and hasContinue reading “Dreary”

Disaster Planning—The Undead Protocol

Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
A disaster preparedness and emergency response plan is considered to be a core document for professional museum operations. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) states that a good disaster plan needs to be specific to a museum’s facilities, cover all relevant risks, include evacuation plans and…

Peace

I want to capture and hold the absolute peace I feel when I rock my baby at bedtime. After his bath, after the lotion, after the pajamas are on, after the breastfeeding, after the story. When I hold him against my chest and use my right hand to rub the back of his head andContinue reading “Peace”

Friends of the Library

We Carricos are officially Friends of the Memphis Public Library. It’s no secret that I love our library. I put books on hold, have books sent from other branches, and shop in Second Editions (the used bookstore inside the Central branch). Noah played baby bingo this summer and was given a free board book forContinue reading “Friends of the Library”

Tom “Midtown is Memphis” Foster Draws the Palace

Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
In 1979, Memphis artist Tom Foster drew a series of cartoon postcards for the Pink Palace. Foster is an accomplished local artist who had drawn courtroom trials, album covers, comic books and theater sets. He trained at Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Memphis…

Tom “Midtown is Memphis” Foster Draws the Palace

Here’s a link to my latest post over at the Pink Palace blog about some postcards I found in our magic filing cabinet. Tom “Midtown is Memphis” Foster Draws the Palace.

Rhythm

Now that I’ve been a mom to a child outside of my body for eight and half months, I’ve been doing some thinking about what’s changed. Other than everything. Lots of aspects of our lives are remarkably different from what they were a year ago. We ate dinner at 7 o’clock last night, after theContinue reading “Rhythm”