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Under the Influence
A possible way forward in the middle of turmoil and strife: adventure, balance, curiosity, dreams, education, and being found together. Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Books, Childhood, Courage, Education, Family, Friends, Happiness, Ideas, Knoxville, Music, Op/Ed Thoughts, Tribute, Uncategorized, Wonder, Writing
Tagged adventure, balance, curiosity, dreams, Education, Fred Rogers, Great Atlantic Shoe Company, Hannah Gadsby, Jeanette Winterston, John Mellencamp, Lady Vols Basketball, Mr. Rogers, No Better Than This, Save Some Time to Dream, The UT Lady Vol basketball program, Won't You Be My Neighbor
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A Blue Moon Easter Eve
I haven’t written a blogpost since January because the last two months have been a blur of packing, downsizing, moving, and all the details that such a nightmarish task entails. At times we have wondered if we should have left … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Backyard Nature, Happiness, Home, Knoxville, Writing
Tagged a blue moon, Easter, garden art, goat, Knoxville, Old North Knox, Stanley's Greenhouse, West Knoxville
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The Paper
Until I watched Steven Spielberg’s latest movie “The Post” last evening, I had never thought of the throughline that newspapers have had in my life. When I was growing up, Daddy supplemented our income by working Saturday nights–through the night … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Courage, Knoxville, Op/Ed Thoughts, Screen, Women, Wonder, Work, Writing
Tagged Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison, Eisenhower, Knoxville, Knoxville Mercury, Metro Pulse, newspapers, President Franklin Delano Roosevele, Steven Spielberg, Tennessee, The Knoxville News Sentinel, The Post, The University of Tennesse
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Arriving at Last
In the fall of my senior year at South (Knoxville) High School, I was offered a full scholarship to Berea College, a small liberal arts college in Kentucky. I didn’t know it at the time, but Berea was founded in … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Childhood, Courage, Education, Family, Freedom, Ideas, Writing
Tagged Berea College, coal mining country, Eastern Kentucky, Jane Goodall, Kentucky, Loretta Lynn, Paintsville, Prestonsburg, South Knoxville High School, The New York Times, Van Lear, work colleges
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Retro Communications
When I graduated from South (Knoxville) High School, I wanted to be a history teacher in the mold of my two favorite history teachers from South. My Tennessee history teacher Mr. (Fred) Ridinger Jr. served under General George Patton in … Continue reading
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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