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Category Archives: Love
Ode to Little Man
I have a dark-eyed, adorable obsession: the Little Man who a month ago was born into our lives. Last year my son Justin married the love of his life Tracy. From their love, has come their son Lincoln, the already … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Childhood, Courage, Freedom, Happiness, Ideas, Love
Tagged Adam, America, children, democracy, Emma Lazarus, France, Lady Liberty, Lincoln, Little Man, making a difference, Mark Twain, The New Collossus, the Statue of Liberty, Walt Whitman, Women, women's right to vote, women's rights, your poor, your tired
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Taking Along Our Ghosts
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
Posted in Autobiographical, Backyard Nature, Beauty, Courage, Creativity, Freedom, Friends, Ideas, Love, Screen, The Arts, Wonder
Tagged Antietam, Being There, Chance the Gardener, Chancellorsville, Chauncey Gardener, Confederate widows, Hana, Juliette Binoche, Lazlo de Almasy, Miramax Films, Peter Sellers, Ralph Fiennes, The Civil War, the Confederacy, The English Patient, The North, The South, The Union
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Do Justice to the Ones You Love
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
Posted in Autobiographical, Courage, Creativity, Fabulous, Happiness, Ideas, Love, Op/Ed Thoughts, Screen
Tagged Best-kept secrets in Knoxville, Downtown West, Kedi, Kedi the movie, Knoxville, the cats of Istanbul
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Give Me a Young Man’s Wisdom
[I wrote this original blogpost two years ago. Though much has changed since April 2015, it is amazing how much has remained the same–and I find this post eerily relevant to our country in February 2017.] Sometimes I find the most extraordinary … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Childhood, Courage, Freedom, Happiness, Ideas, Joy (Joie de General), Love, Music, Op/Ed Thoughts, Writing
Tagged A Young Man's Death, George Gently, Inspector George Gently, Let Me Die a Youngman's Death, Loving, Mildred Loving, Monty Python, Netflix, Paul McCartney, poetry, Richard Loving, Roger McGough, The Lovings, The Scaffold, The Supremes, The U.S. Supreme Court
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