Marveling again this Monday morning.
Remembering my fried okra the other night.
(I’m quite aware that some folks would put this in the “moaning” not “marveling” category.)
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 5/11/26
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Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 5/4/26
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 …
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 4/27/26
This morn, I’m marveling and remembering.
Strolling along Savannah’s Waters Avenue over the weekend, Robert and I came upon a row of past-their-prime storefronts.
I had to pause at one and admire its encouraging and exhorting graffiti.
I hope you have someone—or many ones—to say this to.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/23/26
Marveling this Monday at late winter’s sparse beauty here in South Georgia.
I truly believe that if we look for beauty, we will see it.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/16/26 “C’est Divin!”
Marveling this morn at a culturally delicious pastry breakfast at Le Cafe Gourmet a little while ago …
C’est divin!
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/9/26
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.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/2/26
Marveling at the fun of watching Benny in his first-ever snow walk.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/26/26
Marveling this morning at our incredible ability to … WALK.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/19/26
Moaning this Monday morn.
As I have mentioned in recent posts, Robert and I are staying at an old country farmhouse in rural South Georgia, while our apartment in Savannah is being renovated.
One of the “problems with benefits” here has been the lack of Internet and Wi-Fi, as well as poor Cellular Service.
But it has actually been refreshing not to look at all of the Harrowing Headlines in the news every day.
We’re at the Huddle House for breakfast right now, so I checked my email, etc. and saw this:
Are we living in the United States of America or Nazi Germany?
Can we no longer protest against that which we deem un-American and cruel?
May God bless the true United States of America and silence the voices of our increasingly terroristic current evil administration.
NealEnJoy 