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Category Archives: Blooming
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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Much Ado About Laura and Tom Parkhill
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
Posted in Blooming, Childhood, Creativity, Happiness, Joy (Joie de General), Knoxville, Stage, The Arts, Uncategorized, Wonder, Writing
Tagged Dale Dickey, Elvis, Laura Regis, Rossini Festival, Shakespeare, Shakespeare on the Square, Tennessee Stage Company, Tom Parkhill, Tupelo Honey Cafe
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Caught a Long Wind
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
Posted in Autobiographical, Blooming, Childhood, Courage, Family, Home
Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Carroll County, Caught a Long Wind, Charles Dickens, Darcas Nickaline Montgomery, Darcas Nickaline Montgomery Allen, Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital, Feist, George Maloney Home, Knoxville, Montgomery, Tennessee, The French Revolution, Virginia, war, World War I
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More Than Enough
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
Posted in Autobiographical, Blooming, Courage, Family, Happiness, Home, Joy (Joie de General)
Tagged Dementia, family, life, Oakwood Senior Living, Thanksgiving
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My Hand, Always in Daddy’s Glove
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
Posted in Autobiographical, Blooming, Childhood, Freedom, Happiness, Home, Knoxville, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Anderson News, Daddy, Great Atlantic Shoe Company, Kern's Bakery, Knoxville, Lady Vols, Lady Vols Basketball, Pat Summitt, The Tennessee Theatre, The University of Tennessee, Tori Amos, White Lily Flour Co., Winter
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Losing Our Religion in the Wild Cow
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
Posted in Blooming, Creativity, Music, Tribute, Uncategorized
Tagged Losing My Religion, Nashville, REM, The Wild Cow Vegetarian Restaurant
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Happy birthday, blog!
In this first post, I’d like to thank the friends who have been nagging me for years to create a blog. A big thanks to Nanci and Bri who have encouraged me to share my movie reviews, ideas, and creative … Continue reading
Posted in Blooming, Creativity, Friends, Joie de Girls, Writing
Tagged and Steph, Bri, first post, Inspirational friends, Kurt, love to Abbs, Nanci, the beginning of the blog
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