One of The Original Friends of The Blues Montgomery County, Charlie Parker, November, 2002 — Image by kenne
The Original Friends Of The Blues Montgomery County, November, 1999
(L-R: Kenne Turner, Charlie Parker, Dale Armet, Sweet Mama Cotton, Diunna Greenleaf, A.J. Murphy)
While David, Janie and the girls were here we attended the Tucson Festival of Books on the campus of the University of Arizona. This two-day event attracted over 100,000 people and over 450 authors and 240 exhibitors. The event includes a lot of hands-on activities , presentations and reading for all age groups illustrating how “words and imagination come to life.” A very impressive event, indeed.
On the 11th of this past November, I posted an entry with a video of Sonny Boy Terry and Rich DelGrosso playing “Amazing Grace.” Because of lighting, the video was on the dark side. So, with Sonny Boy Terry’s encouragement, I have redone the video using a combination of photos and video.
(This image and poem were first posted, December 2007 on my Yahoo 360 blog. With this reposting, I’m also introducing a new blog, “A Traveler in Other People’s Reality,” which will only contain my photography, art, and poetry. To date, it has 105 reposting. http:inotherpeoplesreality.wordpress.com )
. . . guilty.
Embracing reason
Sharing time
Finding reality
Existing in space
For these things I am . . .
Loving the underdog
Catching the moment
Believing others’ lies
Crying alone
For these things I am . . .
Watching sunsets
Experiencing truth
Awakening before dawn
Catching the light
For these things I am . . .
Taking things apart
Looking for curves
Believing in art
Believing in you
For these things I am . . .
Caring about life
Climbing trees
Walking in pastures
Keeping stray dogs
For these things I am . . .
Believing in Hobbits
Flying the redeye
Losing my head
Expressing anger
For these things I am . . .
Sharing expectations
Learning from asking
Solving problems
Admiring thought
For these things I am . . .
Talking to plants
Understanding cats
Swimming nude
Experiencing love
For these things I am . . .
Improvising life
Rejecting suppression
Questioning rules
Asking, “Why?”
For these things I am . . .
Making mistakes
Forgiving myself
Taking offense
Forgiving others
For these things I am . . .
Listening in silence
Always learning
Making things happen
Giving respect
For these things I am . . .
Being timid
Becoming self-assured
Being assertive
Being misunderstood
For these things I am . . .
Feeling the Blues
Embracing imagination
Overcoming mediocrity
Expressing gratitude
For these things I am . . .
Assessing existence
Separating the noise
Being in love
Going crazy
For these things I am . . . guilty.
Larry Bailey, Bill Van Rooy, Marybee Anthose, Kenne Turner – 1971
This project, in the early seventies, was all about developing a career development model for use in elementary education. We developed an instructional component and curriculum materials designed enable students, as they proceed through school, to learn about “self” and the world of work at higher levels of specificity. As is often the case in good educational research and development, it was ahead of its time.