Author Archives: aamontgomery

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About aamontgomery

Seeing new possibilities in everyday things

The Rules of the Game

Posted on January 26, 2014 by aamontgomery
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A Happier Right Now

Posted on January 7, 2014 by aamontgomery

It is January, with overnight temps hovering around 32 degrees below freezing where we live, the holidays are over, and we are hacking our way back in the saddle again. Here are some ideas I have gleaned to seriously make … Continue reading →

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Your time is limited . . .

Posted on January 1, 2014 by aamontgomery
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The Music of Life

Posted on December 2, 2013 by aamontgomery
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My Pony Likes to Jump!

Posted on November 24, 2013 by aamontgomery

When our city put three speed bumps (or “humps”, as they were unfortunately described by the accompanying signs) on our street, our neighborhood association’s block captains cheered. My husband and I did not agree the bumps were a good thing, … Continue reading →

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The Loo Down

Posted on October 10, 2013 by aamontgomery

Eating out is a part of my enduring feng shui, my milieu, my raison d’être, and other delightfully exact and sensorily appealing foreign terms. In other words, eating out as often as possible is how my husband and I live … Continue reading →

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Orange Is the New Film Festival

Posted on September 20, 2013 by aamontgomery

What is home when home is not safe? This seems to be one of the questions posed by the stellar film Short Term 12 which is playing to appreciative audiences in festivals around the country. After seeing Short Term 12, the … Continue reading →

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One Banana Per Monkey, Please!

Posted on September 13, 2013 by aamontgomery

Drama, thriller, fantasy, sci-fi. Easy peasy versus the rarest of masterpieces, the piece de resistance, the coolest high-wire act: a rip-roaringly good comedy. Well, lucky for you, there are some amazingly creative laughs out there this week with your name … Continue reading →

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A Commonplace, Extraordinary Man

Posted on September 12, 2013 by aamontgomery

“If a movie doesn’t have any characters that you care about it, it fails. It is not a good movie.” Dr. Jon Manchip White said to our class of English graduate students and would-be writers at the University of Tennessee … Continue reading →

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Happiness, Wodehouse, and the Rock Goddess

Posted on September 4, 2013 by aamontgomery

“Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.” ~ E. L. (Elaine Lobl) Konigsburg, American author and  illustrator of children’s books and young adult fiction   “As … Continue reading →

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