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Category Archives: Blooming
A Tiny, Fierce Light That Lives On
Celebrating the indomitable spirit of my sister Lisa Stanley. Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Beauty, Blooming, Books, Childhood, Courage, Family, Love, Tribute, Women, Wonder
Tagged cancer, Covid, Darcus Montgomery Allen, Father's Day, Knoxville, Lucinda Franks, memoirs, Pulitzer Prize, Robert Marganthau
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A Wildflower Running Free
A tribute to my dear sister, Lisa Allen Stanley, who passed away on Father’s Day, June 19, 2022, at the too-age of 63. Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Blooming, Childhood, Courage, Dance, Family, Freedom, Knoxville, Love, Tribute, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Cades Cove, Church Street United Methodist Church, Island Home, Lay Packing Company, Lisa Stanley, Pat Summit, South High School, Stanley's Greenhouse, Tennessee Theatre, Tom Petty, UT College of Human Ecology, UT Medical Center, wildflowers, Woodlawn Cemetery, Ye Olde Steak House
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Blooming in the Desert Sand
When we are planted in inhospitable environments can we bloom? Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Blooming, Freedom, Friends, Happiness, Ideas, Op/Ed Thoughts, Women
Tagged Cairo, Desert Rain, Egypt, Ireland, Liam Neeson, MobiNil, Savita Halappanavar, Sting
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The Garden Within
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
Posted in Autobiographical, Backyard Nature, Beauty, Blooming, Childhood, Creativity, Family, Happiness, Ideas, Love, Wonder
Tagged Covid, East Tennessee, Frank Cabot, gardens, Les Quatres Vents, The Gardener, The Gardener documentary
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Stop. You Look Fabulous!
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
Posted in Backyard Nature, Beauty, Blooming, Books, Fabulous, Happiness, Home, Joy (Joie de General), Knoxville, Op/Ed Thoughts, Uncategorized, Wonder
Tagged Antidote: Happiness for People who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, Aura Cacia chamomile, Aura Cacia Geranium, Avene Thermal Spring Water, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Frank Cabot, Hanalei Lip Treament, Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done, Johnny Clegg, moonflower, Natalia Lafourcade, Necessaire The Body Serum, night blooming cereus, Oliver Burkeman, Pure Magic Carwash, The Garden Conservancy, The Gardener, The Mavericks, Union Avenue Books
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Let the Wind Blow Back Your Hair and May It Rain
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
Posted in Autobiographical, Beauty, Blooming, Bruce Springsteen, Happiness, Op/Ed Thoughts, Wonder
Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Cairo, Desert Rose, Egypt, International Space Station, Lebanon, Rai, scarab, Sting, Thunder Road
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Gluing Together Our Broken Places
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
Posted in Autobiographical, Backyard Nature, Beauty, Blooming, Books, Creativity, Family, Freedom, Happiness, Home, Ideas, Op/Ed Thoughts, Women, Wonder, Writing
Tagged Covid, Covid vaccine, feathers, LifeLines, Melissa & Doug, Melissa Bernstein, narcissus, vaccine, Victor Frankl
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A Man of Value
Values over riches, people over things: remembering my father and dealing with the grief. Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Beauty, Blooming, Childhood, Creativity, Dementia, Family, Freedom, Happiness, Ideas, Knoxville, Love, Music, Tribute, Writing
Tagged Anderson Cooper, CNN, Einstein, Gloria Vanderbilt, grief, Knoxville, loss, Stephen Colbert, Thanksgiving, The University of Tennessee, Toyota of Knoxville
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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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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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