Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
Mother's Day - Yesterday & Today
Here, a beautiful photograph of my mother taken in the 1960's.
My father had won a prize for his stellar work at National Cash Register, his employer at the time. This prize consisted of one portrait of one person of his choice. That choice was my mother. My mother, much like myself, hated having her photograph taken. She never thought she looked pretty enough, thin enough, sophisticated enough, good enough. This portrait belies her protestations. Here she is lovely, serene and finally good enough.
I haven't seen her since she died twenty three long years ago. I still miss her. Having this beautiful photograph is nice. Mother's Day is a strange day without her.
But now, I am the mother and have been for 25 years. It has been an interesting journey. I'm glad to have chosen this path. To Christopher, Max, Mollie and Tess a message....though we have worked hard to pass through this time of growing up and growing older, I would not have changed this for the world. You four are the best, the coolest, the most significant thing I have ever done. Nothing I can do will ever top this. Never let me forget that. I love you all now and forever.
My father had won a prize for his stellar work at National Cash Register, his employer at the time. This prize consisted of one portrait of one person of his choice. That choice was my mother. My mother, much like myself, hated having her photograph taken. She never thought she looked pretty enough, thin enough, sophisticated enough, good enough. This portrait belies her protestations. Here she is lovely, serene and finally good enough.
I haven't seen her since she died twenty three long years ago. I still miss her. Having this beautiful photograph is nice. Mother's Day is a strange day without her.
But now, I am the mother and have been for 25 years. It has been an interesting journey. I'm glad to have chosen this path. To Christopher, Max, Mollie and Tess a message....though we have worked hard to pass through this time of growing up and growing older, I would not have changed this for the world. You four are the best, the coolest, the most significant thing I have ever done. Nothing I can do will ever top this. Never let me forget that. I love you all now and forever.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Jon Schmidt's New Video - "Game Day"
It's been two long years since seeing Jon perform this piece at a concert in Wisconsin. I check his website weekly to see when he will be back in this area. I can't wait to see him perform again. His talent and passion for his music are astonishing.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Grade School Class Picture Circa 1962......
....recently shared on Facebook by Brian O'Leary, a fellow Our Lady of the Rosary classmate.
That's me in the lower right hand corner, with the perfect hair and round face...
That's me in the lower right hand corner, with the perfect hair and round face...
Thursday, March 4, 2010
From the Publishers of Smith Magazine.....
....more on the subject...."Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure" by Larry Smith.
Finding brilliance in so few words....
Finding brilliance in so few words....
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Dharma Man - A Video by My Brother
A lovely, gentle song from my big brother in Ireland....
.....Jimmy, you so, so look like Daddy......
Dharma Man from ken walsh on Vimeo.
.....Jimmy, you so, so look like Daddy......
Friday, January 1, 2010
2010....Another Chance to Begin Anew.....
To my family, thank you for making me the luckiest person alive.
May this new year bring unimagined wonders, unbridled happiness, untold contentment and uncommon good fortune.
I love you beyond all words.
May this new year bring unimagined wonders, unbridled happiness, untold contentment and uncommon good fortune.
I love you beyond all words.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Those I Have Admired....And a Single Task...
Looking back at the myriad of women I have looked to for inspiration during my lifetime has brought me to one salient point. It is time to be finished with waiting to become someone other than myself. End of story.
Here then, were my heroes.....
Joan Marlowe, my dancing school teacher...no photo of Miss Joan, only memories...
The older girls in my Irish Dance classes...I strove to match their amazingly complicated steps....
Sister Miriam Joseph, 7Th grade teacher...incredibly beautiful, the epitome of smooth....no photo available....nor necessary....
Pattie Boyd, girlfriend of Beatle George Harrison, cool, lovely, George's girlfriend....no more need be said...
Betty Smith, author of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"...I tried to fashion stories as she did...
Joni Mitchell....sigh...was, and is, an enormous part of my overall psyche...I adore her and cherish how she is a constant in my heart and mind...
Mary Cassatt, artist, Impressionist, free spirit...while attending the Art Students League in Manhattan I once believed I might channel her talent on those most creative of days...
Joan Marlowe, Part Two...while teaching dance in the South Bronx, thought surely that I would perish if not able to follow in Joan's path of choreographing musicals...did not choreograph, nor did I perish....
Elizabeth Berg, fellow Chicagoan, novelist extraordinaire...she writes me....not about me...rather writes ME...
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, writer, astonishing thinker, "The Beckoning of Lovely" muse....she puts my thoughts, my words, on paper in ways I have not...
Lastly, Beatrice Potter, illustrator, writer, ultimately independent woman when independence seemed improbable..
So then, my list....much considered, much examined. Time to allow the list to take wings. Time to find inspiration within.
This years sole task begins.....
Here then, were my heroes.....
Joan Marlowe, my dancing school teacher...no photo of Miss Joan, only memories...
The older girls in my Irish Dance classes...I strove to match their amazingly complicated steps....
Sister Miriam Joseph, 7Th grade teacher...incredibly beautiful, the epitome of smooth....no photo available....nor necessary....
Pattie Boyd, girlfriend of Beatle George Harrison, cool, lovely, George's girlfriend....no more need be said...
Betty Smith, author of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"...I tried to fashion stories as she did...
Joni Mitchell....sigh...was, and is, an enormous part of my overall psyche...I adore her and cherish how she is a constant in my heart and mind...
Mary Cassatt, artist, Impressionist, free spirit...while attending the Art Students League in Manhattan I once believed I might channel her talent on those most creative of days...
Joan Marlowe, Part Two...while teaching dance in the South Bronx, thought surely that I would perish if not able to follow in Joan's path of choreographing musicals...did not choreograph, nor did I perish....
Elizabeth Berg, fellow Chicagoan, novelist extraordinaire...she writes me....not about me...rather writes ME...
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, writer, astonishing thinker, "The Beckoning of Lovely" muse....she puts my thoughts, my words, on paper in ways I have not...
Lastly, Beatrice Potter, illustrator, writer, ultimately independent woman when independence seemed improbable..
So then, my list....much considered, much examined. Time to allow the list to take wings. Time to find inspiration within.
This years sole task begins.....
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
The Merriest Christmas To All!!
My love to each of you with hope for good fortune, good health and unanticipated joy this Christmas Season. I will love all of you always.....
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
My Favorite Christmas Songs for 2009
"Fum Fum Fum", a traditional Catalan Christmas Carol.....
"Pat-A-Pan", a French Christmas Carol.......
"Pat-A-Pan", a French Christmas Carol.......
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
A Christmas Blog...by Tess, Mollie & Me
Follow our holiday crafts, projects, and exciting happenings blog....25 Days Till Christmas.....created by Tess...as we make the most of this Christmas Season.
Our first project day, featuring our made from scratch Advent Calendar, is up and running....
Our first project day, featuring our made from scratch Advent Calendar, is up and running....
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Christopher - 25 Years Old Today
My firstborn, Christopher Donahue Krueger, was born on Sunday, November 25th, 1984 at 1:34AM. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces, a perfect, beautiful baby. Bill looked at him and said that he looked smart.
I called my mother to tell her that her first grandchild had arrived....three weeks early....and told her that he was a "little guy". We called him that throughout his toddler years. My happiness was inestimable.
Today he is still beautiful and perfect in all the ways that matter. My life has been made wondrous by knowing him. Happy Birthday my dear, dear son. I will love you till the end of time.
I called my mother to tell her that her first grandchild had arrived....three weeks early....and told her that he was a "little guy". We called him that throughout his toddler years. My happiness was inestimable.
Today he is still beautiful and perfect in all the ways that matter. My life has been made wondrous by knowing him. Happy Birthday my dear, dear son. I will love you till the end of time.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Today is Our 26th Wedding Anniversary....
Our beginnings were simple...
....we wore no elaborate clothes....
.....attended no grand hotel reception....
....did not dance the night away....
....nor consume tier after tier of wedding cake...
None of these marked our beginnings....we were just this...
A Chicago guy....
....and a New York girl....
...who found each other on the beach in the Bahamas....kismet....serendipity....the best of luck...and so we remain....
Happy 26th Anniversary Bill....my love to you always...
....we wore no elaborate clothes....
.....attended no grand hotel reception....
....did not dance the night away....
....nor consume tier after tier of wedding cake...
None of these marked our beginnings....we were just this...
A Chicago guy....
....and a New York girl....
...who found each other on the beach in the Bahamas....kismet....serendipity....the best of luck...and so we remain....
Happy 26th Anniversary Bill....my love to you always...
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