FOTO FRIDAY: The colors are a' changing, especially with all this rain.
And with the overcast skies the colors are more extreme...
I almost feel this could have been one of Georgia O'Keefe's paintings.Those of you familiar with her work know what I mean...
MIDWEEK MUSINGS is about one of my favorite activities here in Little Rock which is to attend the Clinton Presidential Center's wonderful programming.
Page is one smart journalist, who you may remember moderated the 2020 Pence-Harris debate. She is also a prolific writer with bestsellers about Barbara Walters, Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Bush.
Her Little Rock visit was to talk about her newest book. Hot off the presses two weeks ago, is The Queen and her Presidents: The Hidden Hand that Shaped History, a fascinating compilation of behind-the-scenes stories of Queen Elizabeth's encounters with 13 Presidents. Yes, 13.
Both President Truman (when she was still a Princess), followed by Eisenhower both were like fatherly figures to the would be crowned 27-year-old Queen in '53.
Queen Elizabeth known for her colorful hats was much more and quite a strategist as she followed her Prime Minister Churchill's advice to stay close with the Americans- influencing everything from the Suez Crisis in the Falklands, her warm bond with Reagan over horses, cooperating with JFK, LBJ's avoidance of elitists, Nixon needing her help during Watergate, warm connection with Obama and Trump's admiration of her since his childhood.
We heard many snippets of stories of her 70 year reign. As we used to end our book reports as elementary school students... If you want to know what happened, you need to read the book. LOL. See, not only can Susan Page plug her book, so can we who heard her speak...
TBT: APRIL 30th 2012 14 years ago, I finished a new collage of the Year Anniversary Rally in Madison just in time for this past weekend in Viroqua for the War on Women Rally. It's important to get people registered in order to be able to vote both on May 8th and June 5th. Talk it up... 200,000 who signed the Recall Petitions were not registered.
FYI : I donated my political collages after their participation at various locales around the Coulee region. The La Crosse Historic Society have them for their Political Art collection in the city's museum. I feel honored that they will be preserved and viewable for future museum visitors.
tUESDAY tunes is Alexia Jayy's powerful rendition of One and Only which has been on mind for a couple of weeks now, and I just have to share if you haven't heard it /here it is to hear again. I can't wait to hear more of Alexia Jayy.
Enjoy...
TBT: LADY LUCK shone upon me in letting me know what unconditional love IS. Seven years ago we went for a Family photo to be taken in the La Crosse Public Library.
I met my Natureman z"l in '02 and our furry Balto z"l after the flooding in Texas when so many dogs lost their homes.
I am so lucky to have had these 2 Baltos in my life. I am so glad we went to take a family pic...
Ridvan is the holiest and most joyous of the Bahá'í faith as it marks when Baha'u'llah declared his mission as G-d's messenger.
Slides and readings shared the story of beautiful rose gardens with bird song as perhaps Baha'u'llah had seen and heard near Baghdad's Tigiris River and named Ridvan (Paradise). This holiday's first, ninth, and twelfth days are especially holy as believers don't go to work on those days
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There were 6 of us visiting from our international film class. What a treat! I so appreciate being able to spend time enjoying their holiday on the first day of Ridvan.
