Category Archives: Blooming

Daddy’s Mountain Roots

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

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 →

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Much Ado About Laura and Tom Parkhill

Posted on April 28, 2016 by

On Saturday, April 23, my photographer husband Kurt and I were ever-so-fortunate to capture love at its most rapturous when our friend Tom Parkhill married the love of his life, Laura Regis. Yes, gentle blog readers, you heard me right: … Continue reading →

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Caught a Long Wind

Posted on December 31, 2015 by

As Dickens wrote in his 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities about London and Paris during the French Revolution of the late 1770s: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, … Continue reading →

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More Than Enough

Posted on November 28, 2015 by

For all those of you who believe your life is over when you turn 30 or 40 or 50, I have a secret for you: I have passed those milestones and have never been happier, looked better, enjoyed life more, … Continue reading →

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My Hand, Always in Daddy’s Glove

Posted on September 30, 2015 by

In his black-and-gray herringbone coat with his bitten-short fingernails, Daddy would come through the door after work. That is my first hazy memory from childhood. I am not sure why I remember Daddy’s coat and his nails as the same … Continue reading →

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Losing Our Religion in the Wild Cow

Posted on June 28, 2015 by

In January of this year, my husband Kurt and I visited the fiercely happening metropolis of Nashville, Tennessee. As we waited for our food at a little vegetarian eaterie in East Nashville called the Wild Cow, REM’s classic “Losing My Religion”, … Continue reading →

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Blooming Out of Season

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Just outside our front door I have planted two camellias plants that I never would have thought could have thrived in the mercurial climate of East Tennessee. My sister, Lisa Stanley of Stanley’s Greenhouse, (and an expert on plants that … Continue reading →

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