Spring at Emory

March 17, 2006

I have never taken pictures of spring at Emory.. and some of the trees are already past their prime. It will be our last spring at Emory and in Atlanta.

The sign in the background reads "From Pharaohs to Emperors"—for an exhibit at the Michael C. Carlos Museum. if it read "from Pharaohs to Caliphs" it could have been a subtitle for my dissertation.

That is another picture, taken from a slightly different spot. The buildings that line Emory's quad are distinctive for their white marble with touches of pink marble. The different buildings manage this differently, but the philosophy building uses stripes, as glimpsed above.

Last year we walked around Emory with a similar sense that we were saying goodbye.. but then we got washed back here on account of Katrina and consequently spent a year closer to Emory than ever before. It is a beautiful campus, but we want to say goodbye for good..

There is one thing for which I will always be grateful to Emory: it is here I met Emily. I turned around after taking the above pictures and saw her sitting on a bench.. making notes in her little journal. We had just eaten the lunch she had packed.. and as always she waited patiently as I took my pictures.