Boxing Day.

A late Joyeux Noël to you all.

Richmond's Main Street Station, via trainnet.org

For the first time in seventeen years, we welcomed a white Christmas to the lovely, normally snow-deprived RVa area. So happy white Christmas, Richmonders (and most of the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and New England area dwellers as well).

via obsoleteblog

My perfect snow/winter music: For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver. A good winter, indeed. Either that, or the rest of the Dark Was the Night album. I know I sing its praises quite frequently, but there's a reason for that.

Stadia III, via Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

To continue with this entry's rather disorganized thought process, I thought I'd highlight the work of one of my favorite artists, Julie Mehretu. She is an Ethiopian artist living and working in New York, but she divided her time between the Big Apple and Berlin to complete her collection to be shown at the Guggenheim. The above painting, however, is being shown at none other than Richmond's own VMFA, and therefore is near and dear to  my heart.

Thus ends my post. More constructive posts to follow, I promise.