When You're Not Looking

today is my day off. i headed out today around noon. i hit the library as usual, seeing what new books they've recently received. i love having a library card!

today is another gorgeous day in north carolina. the climate is one of the things new bern has going for it. it snowed once this winter, and i only had to scrap my windows a total of three times. it has taken awhile to get to spring. but today, the sun is shining...the wind is blowing my hair around and into my face.

i headed downtown into the historical district. they have had a great revitalization down there in the last couple of years. i found a cafe that has jazz nights on fridays. so i know where i'm going tomorrow night. and there are a good handful of local art galleries/supply stores/framing places. new bern's about twice the size of taylorville, but its downtown has this kind of community and culture that i would have loved to grow up around. the cynic in me was thinking that this is just the tourism district. but there were businessmen sitting on the benches all around the downtown, eating lunches outdoors and enjoying some time out of the office.

i wound up at union point park down by the river. i got a hot dog and coke and ended up having a nice chat about new bern's history with a 60-something man in a leather bikers vest and chaps. it was wonderful, sitting under a tree with this complete stranger and talking about the civil war. i guess, there was a civil war battle here. who knew?

all that and only for a total of $2.87....

posted by molly @ 11:35 AM