Life Lessons
One of Tallahassee's richest cultural entities, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FSU, has collected here an anthology of mostly true and some fictional stories and poems, all rich, warm and seasoned. You get tales: bird dogs sprayed yellow and sulfurous; a white girl walking dusty red clay Georgia back roads and meeting her first black woman alone; an offbeat mom zanier than Lucille Ball; a magical memory with hooting owls echoing across a Suwannee River of the past; the chilling monologue of an old man set on his last revenge. In a poem, the narrator talks about finding an old friend on line with whom she tests recipes afor rescue and disaster.a What's not to love about a renaissance of words from a generation which has navigated its way through one world war, the cheery a50s, change-happy a60s, groovy a70s, greedy a80s, rich a90s, and into the next century? They have plenty to show us here. Mary Jane Ryals Poet Laureate of the Big Bend Tallahassee, FloridaFrom the moment we mounted the steps to view our new home, the strong odor of cleaning agents stung our noses. Ellie had been busy disinfecting the interior for us. Ellie could have doubled for Mrs. Santa Claus at five feet one inch with aanbsp;...
| Title | : | Life Lessons |
| Author | : | OLLI at FSU |
| Publisher | : | iUniverse - 2010-10-04 |
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