Category Archives: Beauty

Lisa’s Garden and Her Island Home

Posted on September 25, 2022 by aamontgomery

Lisa Stanley’s neighbors in the Island Home area of Knoxville have dedicated the green space just inside their neighborhood’s entrance as “Lisa’s Garden” in celebration of her life. Continue reading →

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A Tiny, Fierce Light That Lives On

Posted on July 31, 2022 by aamontgomery

Celebrating the indomitable spirit of my sister Lisa Stanley. Continue reading →

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In Your Eyes, In Our Eyes

Posted on February 28, 2022 by aamontgomery

The first time ever I saw your faceI thought the sun rose in your eyesAnd the moon and the stars were the gifts you gaveTo the dark and the endless skies, my loveTo the dark and the endless skies Ewan … Continue reading →

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Holes Let the Light Shine Through

Posted on November 30, 2021 by aamontgomery

Do our imperfections and vulnerabilities allow more light to shine through? Continue reading →

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The Garden Within

Posted on September 30, 2021 by aamontgomery

We have a new little one expected to enter our family and world in February 2022. May he be safe. May he find his way in this complicated 22nd Century. May he find his bliss. Continue reading →

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Stop. You Look Fabulous!

Posted on August 17, 2021 by aamontgomery

A few ideas of how we can nurture the joy within us during a global pandemic and a time of division and fear. Continue reading →

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Let the Wind Blow Back Your Hair and May It Rain

Posted on July 31, 2021 by aamontgomery

My husband Kurt and I were in Egypt twenty years ago in the car of a young woman who had been a participant in one of my husband’s training classes in Cairo. I will call her Lela although I cannot … Continue reading →

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Dreams Walking in Broad Daylight

Posted on June 30, 2021 by aamontgomery

. . . dreams walking in broad daylightThree hundred, sixty five degreesBurning down the house. “Burning Down the House”, songwriters: David Byrne, Christopher Frantz, Martina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison Seeing the world through the eyes of a baby or toddler is … Continue reading →

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What Life Needs Is a Soundtrack

Posted on May 30, 2021 by aamontgomery

Music inspires and moves me as much as anything in my life. Does life have a soundtrack? I have done my best to prove it can. Continue reading →

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Gluing Together Our Broken Places

Posted on March 17, 2021 by aamontgomery

I got my first dose of the Covid vaccine today in a drive-through operation at Ft. Sanders Hospital West here in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was a flawless experience except they did not set up a second shot right away on … Continue reading →

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