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Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 5/4/26

Posted on by Neal Saye

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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Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/9/26

Posted on by Neal Saye

Marveling this morning, at this INCREDIBLE meal I enjoyed recently at El Ximador, a little unassuming Mexican restaurant in the tiny South Georgia town of Springfield.

An acquaintance highly recommended that I try their potato tacos. I had never heard of potato tacos. The words “potato” and “taco” didn’t seem to go together to me.

But you only live once, so I ordered them.

Tacos De Papa: Crispy fried potato tacos filled with seasoned mashed potatoes, served shredded lettuce or shredded cabbage and sour cream.

I had mine topped with Carnitas (traditional crispy pork tenderloin).

Oh. My. GOODness! They were so very delicious.

Robert opted for their chimichanga …

… and raved about it too. But I didn’t really believe him. He kept sneaking bites from my plate when he thought I wasn’t paying attention.

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 1/17/26

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Outdoor winter lunch at the farmhouse.

13 Bean Medley after soaking overnight

Voila! Hambone Soup

And it’s just warm enough to eat outside. It = weather as well as soup.

2. Reading/skimming through this beautifully delightful book about flowers.

And then going outside the farmhouse to practice …

Okay, maybe I won’t win any floral awards. But it was fun.

3. Being able to stay warm in the cold of winter. What a blessing!

Brrr. Savannah!

4. This ceiling light at a local indoor—outdoor restaurant.

5. The neat coincidence of Grandson Gabriel re-entering his recent high school basketball game just as an advertisement for his parents’ medical company flashed on the screen behind him.

http://www.coastalcarepartners.com

May you have some neat coincidences this weekend!

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Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/12/26

Posted on by Neal Saye

I’ve been doing a bit of both this Monday.

I’m marveling as I remember the nostalgic fun and yumminess of our recent traditional New Year’s Day menu: Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas.

Do you include these or similar items on your first-day-of-the-brand-new-year menu? Or is it just another quirky thing we do here in the Deep South?

Granny always encouraged/commanded me: “Nealie” (her nickname for me), “now eat your greens and peas. The greens will bring you lots of money in the form of bills, and the peas will bring you lots of change.”

Thanks, Granny, but I’m moaning a bit today as well … waiting, waiting for the cash jackpot.