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Tag Archives: Knoxville
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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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
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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Remembering Darcas Montgomery’s Exuberant Son
[On December 2, 2016, my dear father Roy Rotha Allen passed away at the age of 81. His health and memory had declined for years–but his health failed more precipitously over the past 14 months. Although Daddy had been hospitalized lately, … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Childhood, Courage, Family, Home, Knoxville, Love, Music, Screen, Travel
Tagged A Summer Place, Anderson News, Audie Murphy, Church of the Latter Day Saints, Darcas Montgomery, Dr. Zhivago, eulogy, Floyd Cramer, House Hasson Hardware, Jeff Chandler, Kern's Bakery, Kitty Kallen, Knoxville, Lay Packing Company, Little Things Mean Alot, Matthew McConaughey, Mormons, New York Yankees, Pat Summitt, pellagra psychosis, Psalm 100, Quakers, Skeeter Davis, South Knoxville High School, Stanley's Greenhouse, Tennessee, The UT Lady Vol basketball program, The UT Lady Volunteers, White Lily Flour
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Daddy’s Last Vote
When I was a child in the early 1960s, my world was a fog of (1) trying to figure out the inexplicable behavior of the adults around me, (2) hoping to discern what they wanted me to do, and (3) … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Childhood, Courage, Family, Freedom, Knoxville, Op/Ed Thoughts, Tribute
Tagged Carroll County, Civil War, Confederate dead, Dixie, elder care, Fredericksburg, Knoxville, Marye's Heights, pellagra psychosis, Tennessee, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, The South, Virginia, voting
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Living in a Self-Help Storage Facility
A month or so ago, my father’s senior living facility scheduled a family members meeting. Although Daddy–due to his dementia–is in the memory care “retreat” area, the meeting also included family members from the assisted living side of the facility. Facilitated … Continue reading
