Tag: Marveling

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/14/26

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts

1. For some reason, my little half & half dribbling made me smile this morning at the coolest little coffee shop in St. Augustine near where we are staying in Florida.

2. Keeping an inviting bowl of fruits and vegetables on the kitchen island. To eat, yes, but also just to … see.

3. The summer sunshine.

4. Having 17 year-old Benny with us on our longer August stay at South Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

5. Being able to smile, even on a bad hair day.

May you have a Smile-Worthy Weekend ahead.

Posted in Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling?

Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 6/8/26

Posted on by Neal Saye

Marveling this morning at the Moving Forward of Life.

Recently, step-grandson Jack meticulously planned out a surprise marriage proposal and follow-up surprise engagement party for his beautiful long-time girlfriend Tori.

She said “Yes!”

(What on earth would he have done with all that food if she had said “No!”?)

The party was a blast at Savannah’s Isle of Hope Marina.

Tori told Robert and me that her engagement ring actually belonged to her grandmother, then to her mother.

Photos, of course.

Jack’s Savannah family, with Robert and me (Abu) on the far left.

Posted in Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling?

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 …