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Riehl Life Village Wisdom for the 21st CenturyRiehl Life Village Wisdom for the 21st CenturyCreating connections through the arts and across cultures. 
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Civil War Song: ?Just as the Sun Went Down? by Edna Florence
2009-09-16 22:22:00 Just As The Sun Went Down by Edna Florence (1899) 1. After the din of the battle’s roar, Just at the close of day, Wounded and bleeding upon the battle field, Two wounded soldiers lay. One held a ringlet of thin, gray hair, One held a lock of brown, Bidding each other a fond ... More About: Song , Civil War , Civil
Mavis T. Thompson, President National Bar Association, feted at Salon 53
2009-09-07 19:04:00 Tanner, my 5-year-old-upstairs-neighbor, spotted me as I left of Freida Wheaton’s latest Salon 53 soiree. JGR: “I’m going to a party!” and swirled to show off my coral silk dress. Tanner: “What kind of party is it?” JGR: “The kind where you enjoy good hugs, good talk, and good food.” And, wiggling my fingers, off I went. Freida ... More About: National , President , Thompson , Association
The Way Back from Summer
2009-09-01 22:59:00 August ended with a cool spell, punctuating that fact that summer is over. Now it’s September 1st and fall will be officially here soon. Here’s a Jeff Scher experimental animated film from paintings evoking that end-of-summer-feeling from the NY Times. —————— ;——– Jeff Scher is a painter who makes experimental films and an experimental filmmaker who paints. His ... More About: Summer , Back
?Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage,? edited by Erwin A. Thompso
2009-09-01 22:51:00 Our latest book “Worth Remembering : The Poetry of Our Heritage ,” edited by my father Erwin A. Thompson is now available on-line. More About: Illinois
?Mission Possible? for Creative Catalyst, SCN Telling Her Stories
2009-09-01 21:18:00 We have dedicated two cycles of three posts each on the topic of fear in creative practice. “Mission Possible”is the second post in the second cycle. Our last post in this series will appear in October. Stephanie Farrow collaborates with me in writing our Creative Catalyst column for Story Circle Network’s blog: “Telling Her Stories .”
Jacoby Art Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary in Style?Alton Writers Guild A
2009-08-31 21:30:00 Alton Writers Guild , Regional Poetry Out Loud winners, and The Calhoun Entertainment Company performing a scene from Nunsense” kicked off the celebration. The Kevin Lucas Orchestra performed international music with gonzo band leader playing the marimba. Let me fan myself, Sister! More About: Anniversary , Style , Center
?Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music? reviewed by Yvonne Pe
2009-08-31 20:43:00 Read Yvonne Perry’s (Writer in the Sky) review of “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music ” on Authors Den.
Civil War Poem: ?The Blue and the Gray,? by Francis Miles Finch
2009-08-31 20:29:00 Video of Francis Miles Finch reading “The Blue & the Gray” The Blue and the Gray by Francis Miles Finch By the flow of an inland river, When the fleets of iron have fled Where the blades of the grave grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead. Under the sod ... More About: Poem , Civil War , Civil
Kids Today: Supermodels! Movie Stars!
2009-08-31 20:28:00 Even ordinary kids these days live lives of supermodels and movie stars. It’s all in the eyes of the parents and relatives. Doing something cute? Snap. Remotely clever? Snap. Moment to remember, maybe? Snap. Looking through old family albums that are filled with snapshots of my older sister, the first child when Pop was away in ... More About: Stars , Movie , Kids , Today , Movie Stars
Kwanda video: South Africa launches self-help program
2009-08-31 20:03:00 New media for old problems. Click: “Full Story” to watch video. Find more videos like this on Kwanda More About: Video , Africa , South Africa , South , Program
Stuck in Stuff? A Guy named Dave can help.
2008-06-10 16:19:00 Ready to get rid of all that “stuff”? A guy named Dave Bruno has some great ideas for you on how to “reduce, refuse, rejigger” at his blog & and a cause “Stuck in Stuff ”. He regualarly runs a 100 Things Challenge. This way of living—”quieting the noise of consumerism”—is the way I was raised….taken to ... More About: Women
Cultural Stereotypes challenged in N Y Times stories
2008-06-10 16:00:00 Sign in to the NY Times online to read this stories….or, what the heck….go out and buy paper off the rack and read it over a cuppa coffee. Report Takes Aim at ?Model Minority? Stereotype of Asian-American Students By TAMAR LEWIN The image of Asian-Americans as a homogeneous group of high achievers taking over the campuses of the ... More About: Stories , Stereotypes , Cultural , Connections
?How Do You Heal a Broken Heart?? new poem by Erwin A. Thompson
2008-06-09 14:57:00 My father woke up in the night last week with part of this poem in his mind and walked into his dining room office to write it down on a construction clipboard on blue-lined paper….which is where I found it when I came to visit. As we chatted about it, I suggested it might be ... More About: Heart , Thompson , Poem , Broken , Broken Heart
Mara Purl?s many talents come home
2008-06-08 15:38:00 Just one side of Mara Purl! Mara Purl is one of the ultimate hyphenates/slashers: author/actress/producer/artist/musician/p laywrite. Talk about creating connections throughh the arts and across cultures! Head on over to Mara Purl’s guest blog post on Type M for Murder where she tells the story about a life of multi-talents coming into focus and fruition. Also, take ... More About: Home , Talents
Ask Pop: Car History?When were keys first used to start a car?
2008-06-07 21:20:00 Erwin A. Thompson, answer man QUESTION When did automobiles first get a keyed start? Were they keyed in 1919, the year of my current novel? Was it a crank, a push button? I have scoured the internet and while there is info abounding on the classic cars, the keyed start seems of no interest ... More About: Ford , History , Start , Keys , Model T
On this day in history?.a Spanish painter is born, my parents are married,
2008-06-06 16:05:00 Reverse chronological order…. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was born. (June 6, 1599 ? August 6, 1660) My parents Erwin A. Thompson and Ruth E. Thompson were married June 6, 1942 (66th anniversary today). D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II More About: History , Spanish , Parents , Painter
Forest Park Forever?s Hiram Leffingwell Awards Luncheon
2008-06-05 22:00:00 I became a lady who lunches today as the Women’s Committee of Forest Park Forever celebrated their annual “hat luncheon,” to raise money for park maintenance and education programs….held at the World ’s Fair Pavilion in St. Louis ’ Forest Park. The World’s Fair Pavillion turned 100 today. I wore my frog-lotus puppet on the brim of my ... More About: Awards
?Bonneville??Great American roadtrip film for gals of a certain age
2008-06-05 02:53:00 On a girls night out Rebecca and I wound our way through St. Louis ’ Central West End…now sampling gelato at the new store where last year Ben and Jerry’s stood; now eating Vietnamese crepes at my favorite snack shop; and now…checking out the films at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel and finding that “Bonneville” started ... More About: Film , Great , Reel Life , American
Dream Interpretation: Get on the pony, Pop!
2008-06-05 01:25:00 This morning my father wrote to me: Are any of your new friends good dream interpreters? Last night I dreamed about you. We were walking up ninth street, in Alton [Illinois] at the stopsign where it becomes State. The hill was steep. We were out in the street, not on the sidewalk. I ... More About: Dream , Interpretation , Pony , Dream Interpretation
War Answer?fallen soldiers??Rainmaker,? a song by Marcus Bustos
2008-06-04 20:51:00 One of the rewards I’ve reaped from Riehlife are the connections I’ve found. Getting in touch with a distant cousin Vince Riehl who lives in Raceland Louisiana, close to New Orleans, has been one of these. Vince Riehl is in his early 40s and musically gifted. He plays guitar and piano, but mostly does mixing ... More About: Answer , Song , Soldiers , Fallen
Twitter Tips from Nancy Marmolejo, ?The CEO of Sizzibility,?? Viva Visabil
2008-06-04 17:35:00 Nancy Marmolejo is all about sizzibility. Sizzability is what you get when you combine ?sizzle? with ?visibility.? Sizzability makes you memorable. It makes you stand out. With her lighthearted and skillful manner, that’s exactly what Nancy does: stand out and sizzle. She’s a PR, media, and social networking strategist who shows entrepreneurs how to generate more ... More About: Tips , Facebook , Twitter , Connections , Viva
Writing Embroidery: Skeins of Thought
2008-06-02 19:09:00 Writing is an effort of untangling the skeins of thought. Rather than rolling them up in a ball, all neat and tidy, the writer finds plain cloth to embroider them. With each strand of thought stitching through the other the writer makes a new design. My sister and I embroidered in the back seat of the 1955 ... More About: Writing , Thought , Embroidery
Slumber party for young guests?no media involved
2008-06-01 16:39:00 Girlie pink feather playtime shoes…dreamy. Daddy’s dream come true was for us to host two of his young friends for an overnight at his home atop the bluffs. We had the best of times! While I prepared a chicken pot pie, Pop and N. picked iris and peonies from our garden for the table. The girls went into the ... More About: Media , Party , Young , Guests , Slumber Party
Calculate Gas Prices for Summer Travels!
2008-05-31 20:43:00 Riehlife contributor Judy Tart sends this gas calculator from an AAA website. It allows you to calculate gas prices for a trip anywhere in the US, but only calculates between large cities. It does help compare between specific models of cars, which is very informative. Judy calculated the gas cost for a round trip from ... More About: Travels , Summer , Gas Prices , Calculate , Prices
Creative Collaboration and Compassion Adventures & Blog Duet with Yvonne Pe
2008-05-29 17:18:00 Click here to read about my Nashville trip last week. Click here to read Yvonne Perry’s report “Janet Riehl’s Nashville Visit” on Yvonne Perry’s Writers in the Sky blogspot. The Riehl Family on the Homeplace…everyone played music or wrote poetry as a matter of course. Anna Riehl, my grandmother, in foreground, wrote the poetry collection “On ... More About: Creative , Blog , Compassion , Adventures
Hardtimes Lessons: ?Moonlighting,? story and poem by William T. Dawson
2008-05-27 14:45:00 William T. Dawson ’s poem “Moonlighting ” is a poem of an event from the 1980s (when some of us remember the recession). Dawson’s poem speaks to our times as hard times cycle back around. I asked William to tell us a bit about the context surrounding writing his poem. This is what he said: I write primarily ... More About: Story , Tucson , Poem
Pioneer Journey: They Came to Kansas
2008-05-27 14:28:00 My father unearthed another family treasure recently and we’ve posted it on the Women Writing the West blog. Click here to read They Came to Kansas . My father, Erwin A. Thompson, became enthralled with a recent discussion on the Women Writing the West listserve concerning the mid-day meal. He discovered and transcribed this story written by ... More About: Journey , Pioneer
?Memorial Day??poem by Phillip Dodds
2008-05-26 15:14:00 My cousin (on my father’s side…Aunt Eleanor’s oldest child of seven children) Phillip Dodds served in the Air Force from November, 1958 to November, 1966 on three bases: Lackland Air Force Base in Texas; Keesler Air Force base in Mississippi; and Eglin Air Force base in Florida. Phillip did not experience the combat experience or ... More About: Poem , Memorial Day , Memorial
Walk Score?fight rising gas prices?Walk!
2008-05-25 18:18:00 My friend Judy Tart (woman of wide-ranging intelligence and heart) has appeared on Riehlife several times in the Village Commons category. She is, in effect, one of the contributors to the Riehlife Blog-Magazine. Today she writes about a site that gives you a WALK SCORE. “You enter your address (or where you are thinking of moving), ... More About: Fight , Gas Prices , Score , Walk , Prices
Writing Tip emerges from ?Two Candles??Ernest Dempsey?s new poetry book
More articles from this author:2008-05-25 17:36:00 Two Candles by Ernest Dempsey My writing pal Ernest Dempsey is also known fondly on Riehlife as “our man in Pakistan”—you can find many blogposts about his work on Riehlife under “Read On” and read his poems under the “Writing Matters” archive categories. I asked him to tell us the story behind the creation of his ... More About: Poetry , Book 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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