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Lou Nell Gerard
November 12, 2016
I’ve been thinking a lot about Friendship. What it means to me and what it means, or appears to mean, to some people. To me friendship is steadfast, stalwart, undying, undaunted, and true. In social media, even in my own…
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Lou Nell Gerard
October 31, 2016
You may be asking what Nobel Prizes and the World Series have in common. In a year when news headlines provide a surfeit of examples of Koyaanisqatsi (Hopi for Life Out of Balance) and flags seem to have flown unfurled…
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Lou Nell Gerard
October 16, 2016
“Green, green rocky road, Promenade in green… Tell me who ya love Tell me who ya love See that crow up in the sky He don’t walk no He just fly He don’t walk, He don’t run Keeps on flappin’…
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Lou Nell Gerard
September 27, 2016
Red! Of course red was the color of my tricycle. I think it was a Radio Flyer, but it could have been a Murray. I don’t really remember the brand. I remember it was red with white details. I remember…
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Lou Nell Gerard
September 16, 2016
A few simple words can conjure up a memory so vivid, it seems you are viewing a movie of the experience complete with sound, color, scent, light and shadow. The core of this particular memory: a raisin bread grilled cheese…
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Lou Nell Gerard
September 4, 2016
The, thankfully, small and quickly contained wildfire that began off Mistletoe Road was as close to our neighborhood as we’ve seen. It was, certainly, no more than a mile away. We first heard the fire engines out on Crowson Road….
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Lou Nell Gerard
August 6, 2016
Vietgone, our first play of vacation attending OSF (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) has set a high bar. Written by Qui Nguyen, Directed by May Adrales with five stand out actors stretching their talent to cover eighteen roles with changing accents, language…
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Lou Nell Gerard
June 24, 2016
Peggy had a smoker’s voice and served your pie with a quip and a laugh. She waltzed the diner serving tables and booths in constant conversation with everybody. I miss Peggy. She served up a lunch called Pie Lover’s Special….
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Lou Nell Gerard
January 24, 2016
I find questions about ‘favorite film, song, book, play or artist’ or ‘what’s the one movie, song, or book you’d want to have if stranded on a desert island?’ annoying. At any moment, on any day I could give a…
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Lou Nell Gerard
October 10, 2015
Blend film noir with science fiction? You bet. My top two picks: Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution, (Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution), 1965, director Jean-Luc Godard, cinematographer Raoul Coutard; and Blade Runner, 1982, director Ridley Scott,…
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