Recovery after a major illness or trauma is an uneven affair. At least for me it has been. Though I've been feeling better and better since April, I'm still not back to pre-cancer and pre-cancer treatment energy levels. But last Saturday felt like a big step in that direction. That morning, one of bright sun … Continue reading Recovering
Month: October 2012
Still processing
This seems to be a time in my life for processing - the breast cancer journey, bringing Sahkanaga home, my life in general. Processing always takes me a long time. I suppose ultimately it takes a lifetime. I'll begin with Sahkanaga. The movie did very well in Chattanooga. Last weekend it played to a pretty … Continue reading Still processing
Sahkanaga comes home
Sahkanaga opened Friday to lots of interest and great audiences for a week-long run in downtown Chattanooga. According to the Majestic cinema staff, on Friday it drew the largest crowds of any of the movies playing there. All of the main actors and writer/director/producer John Henry Summerour attended that evening and so did some of the … Continue reading Sahkanaga comes home
Currents and art
I'm finding interesting currents surrounding the opening of Sahkanaga in Chattanooga tomorrow. Local news outlets are, of course, running pieces on the movie's arrival "back home," but what I find unexpected is Atlanta coverage. On Tuesday, both an Atlanta news television station and the Atlanta newspaper interviewed John Summerour, the writer/director/producer. Their interest focused on … Continue reading Currents and art
On the road: Apples and a Wedding
I made a drive across Georgia apple country yesterday to come here to the Clemson-Pickens-Greenville part of South Carolina for a wedding this afternoon. So much has changed along that U.S 76 route in the last 25 years. What used to be sleepy podunk, hillbilly towns now have fast food restaurants and strip malls and … Continue reading On the road: Apples and a Wedding
eddies and currents 