Category Archives: Creativity

Secrets: An Inheritance

Posted on April 30, 2019 by aamontgomery

Secrets: Cancer of the soul. Continue reading →

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The Sights & Signs of London

Posted on March 31, 2019 by aamontgomery

My husband Kurt and I returned Friday from London—the historic city that is roiling with the unanswered question of how the United Kingdom can maneuver itself from membership in the European Union and not wreck its economy. The jury remains … Continue reading →

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Big Hair, Blue Eye Shadow, and Cassette Mix Tapes

Posted on May 31, 2018 by aamontgomery

In February when I was packing to move into our new house, I found my record collection of 45s in a wooden crate holder I bought at the long-defunct record store we used to go to called Record Bar. For … Continue reading →

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Taking Along Our Ghosts

Posted on September 22, 2017 by aamontgomery

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 →

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Do Justice to the Ones You Love

Posted on April 30, 2017 by aamontgomery

A few weeks ago, my husband Kurt and I watched “Kedi”, a thoroughly delightful movie about the historic street cats of Istanbul, Turkey. These cats have no defined owners, they are not picked out at animal shelters or pet stores. … Continue reading →

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Much Ado About Laura and Tom Parkhill

Posted on April 28, 2016 by aamontgomery

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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I’m a Dancing Girl

Posted on March 5, 2016 by aamontgomery

I have always been drawn to people and communities who dance. My theory is that when a culture loses its dancing–as a community–it loses its vitality, passion, and reason for living, what the French call raison d’être. Conversely when a … Continue reading →

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Losing Our Religion in the Wild Cow

Posted on June 28, 2015 by aamontgomery

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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He Stopped Passing the Open Windows

Posted on August 12, 2014 by aamontgomery

When I was young and struggling to raise my son on a secretary’s meager pay while working on my degree, my friend Amy and I used to say to each other, “Keep passing those open windows.” This way of encouraging … Continue reading →

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Stage Left With America’s Finest Character Actress, Dale Dickey

Posted on July 2, 2014 by aamontgomery

“If I got my teeth whitened, I’d probably never get another job,” Dale Dickey laughed when I met her in our shared hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2010. That year brought the level of acclaim so richly deserved by Dale, one … Continue reading →

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