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Category Archives: Beauty
Blooming Out of Season
Nearly a decade ago I planted two camellias in container pots just outside the front door of our home. I never thought they would live for long–in containers, mind you– in the mercurial climate of East Tennessee. But my sister, … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Backyard Nature, Beauty, Blooming, Dance, Happiness, Ideas, John Irving, Music, Op/Ed Thoughts, Stage, Women
Tagged Billie Holiday, Blooming, Camellias, Carmen McRae, Growing, Happiness, Maria Cole, Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark, Netflix, New Year, Stanley's Greenhouse, Winter
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Backyard Excavation
After 15 years in a house we loved but that had grown too large for us, we decided to downsize and drag fewer possessions through life. We wanted to move to an area (1) we could afford, (2) in a … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Backyard Nature, Beauty, Family, Freedom, Happiness, Home, Ideas, Knoxville, Love, Music
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Taking Along Our Ghosts
When I was young, I saw the 1979 movie “Being There” starring Peter Sellers in his most provocative role as Chance, a simple, uneducated man who grew up and tended the garden on a great estate, and had never been … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Backyard Nature, Beauty, Courage, Creativity, Freedom, Friends, Ideas, Love, Screen, The Arts, Wonder
Tagged Antietam, Being There, Chance the Gardener, Chancellorsville, Chauncey Gardener, Confederate widows, Hana, Juliette Binoche, Lazlo de Almasy, Miramax Films, Peter Sellers, Ralph Fiennes, The Civil War, the Confederacy, The English Patient, The North, The South, The Union
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Daddy’s Mountain Roots
Since my father passed away in early December last year, I have been considering what tree I should plant to celebrate the person he was, in gratitude for the life and values he gave me, and to remember the unconditional … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Blooming, Family, Home, Op/Ed Thoughts, Tribute
Tagged Dr. Sue Hamilton, Southern, Southern Living, Stanley's Greenhouse, sunny side up, Sweet Tea Mountain Gordlinia, trees
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Love, Honor, and Compassion
Grandfather, Sacred One, teach us love, compassion, and honor that we may heal the earth and heal each other. ~ Native American Ojibwa Prayer Perhaps growing up poor gave me a natural affinity for Native Americans and other people who were … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Beauty, Books, Childhood, Courage, Family, Freedom, Friends, Ideas, Love, Op/Ed Thoughts, Photography, Women, Writing
Tagged Buchenwald, Civil War, compassion, East Tennessee, homo sapiens, honor, Jacques Lusseyran, love, Marshall Plan, Marye's Heights, Native Americans, Ojibwa, the Confederacy, tribalism, tribes, Vivian Maier, World War II
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My Winking Valentine
Yesterday I went to see Daddy who was sitting in the chair of his transitional care unit (TCU) room at the hospital. TCU, yes, but not the university located in Ft. Worth, Texas. With his brand new hip and Mama … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Beauty, Courage, Dementia, Family, Happiness, Love, Music
Tagged Daddy, Dementia, foot surgery, Lorenz Hart, love, My Funny Valentine, Richard Rodgers, winking
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The Threat of a Woman
“It is rare to see, in a little boy, the promise of a man, but in a little girl one can almost always see the threat of a woman.” ~ Alexandre Dumas (1802-70) When my photographer husband Kurt and I … Continue reading
