On this Day in Birmingham

On this day, flip phones and BlackBerrys hung from a power pole.

A couple of boxes of beads still sat on a wood float from the Mystic Knights of Poulet parade.

Parking was reserved for filming: NYPD cruisers idled on the set, blue lights flashing

Folded blankets and belongings were tucked behind bushes.

Charlie Crockett’s Dollar-A-Day album posters peeled from a wall.

Kettlebells were carried down one sidewalk.

A lighting truss for Clint Black’s show went down another.

Plywood covered the windows of a barbershop on historic 4th Avenue.

“A fool broke the windows.”

A downtown CAP ambassador said,

“Have a blessed morning,”

as he picked up wing bones from the sidewalk.

His wristband read:

“Do not be anxious about anything…”

A man on a smoke break said,

“I tried retiring once and realized there was already a queen in our house with no room for a king.

I went back to work.

That’s how we’ve been married 50 years.”

There were conversations in a hotel elevator:

“I only have 54 rooms today. Whooo. That’s easy. Yesterday, it was 104.”

And, “Have you heard Jason Isbell's song 'Flagship?' I think he sings about this hotel.”

A note was left on the wrong car:

“Hey Brian!! Did you see Elvis?”

All on this day.