Author: Neal Saye

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Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 5/4/26

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Marveling this Monday.

Robert and I spent a delightful couple of hours in a fascinating new exhibition at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art over the weekend. We like to go to a museum or gallery and enjoy/examine only one or two exhibits each visit.

This time:

Isamu Noguchi: “I am not a designer”

In a 1949 interview, sculptor Isamu Noguchi declared “I am not a designer.” Yet, in the forty years following this denial, he went on to realize some of the most innovative designs of the twentieth century, including architecture, furniture, lighting, stage sets, gardens, playgrounds, and plazas. Even when Noguchi or critics acknowledged these design projects, it was as separate from his celebrated sculptures.

This exhibition explores Noguchi’s expansive and career-spanning engagement with the space-shaping possibilities of design. high.org

I found some of the folks at the exhibit almost as fascinating as the art itself.

Coincidentally, Noguchi designed the playground at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park across the street from our Airbnb.

Art is Fun and …

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 5/1/26

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My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. This very cool, quirky restroom in The Sentient Bean coffee house in Savannah.

2. Early voting on Monday!

3. The wonderful gift of the ability to read. (Not everybody can.)

4. A fun “inFARMation” stop at Southern Belle Farm in McDonough GA.

5. Having a blast at Truist Park as the Atlanta Braves played the Detroit Lions.

I hope you have a winning weekend ahead.

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Tuesday Truth: 4/28/26 “Finding Joy”

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My blog category about quotations (or truths in any format) that ring true to me (and I hope to you, to us).

And I would add, “Read Difficult Books.”

Robert and I have just finished reading American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era …

… Nico Lang’s difficult-to-put-down examination of trans teenagers in the U.S. trying to be who they were born to be.

We had the privilege of attending Nico’s book presentation at our beautifully inclusive church here in Savannah, Asbury Memorial.

“American Teenager gives readers a window into the lives of Wyatt, Rhydian, Mykah, Clint, Ruby, Augie, Jack, and Kylie, eight teens who, despite what some lawmakers might want us to believe, are truly just kids looking for a brighter future. Drawing on hundreds of hours of on-the-ground interviews with them and the people in their communities, American Teenager paints a vivid portrait of what it’s actually like to grow up trans today.” book covee

May we all keep reading banned and difficult books.