MY NAME IS ROBERT WHELAN....6 MONTHS AO I HAD A STROKE. UNTIL LAST WEEK I COULD NOT OPERSTE A CPUTER....CA SOMEONE GET AN EMAI TO GINTARAS AND ASK HM TO E MAIL ME AT rwhelan126@aol.com ?
It is hard not to think of Nebraska without thinking of its greatest writer. Here is a marvelous piece by Capote, Remembering Willa Cather . I remember seeing a stage production of O Pioneers! and being deeply moved by its raw emotions. I had read My Antonia before, and soon found myself hooked, like Capote was by the simple elegance of her prose and the way she was able to evoke so many feelings through her characters. Much of it came from the fact that she had lived those experiences herself. Her father dragged the family from Virginia to Nebraska in 1883, when it was still a young state, settling in the town of Red Cloud. named after one of the great Oglala chiefs. Red Cloud was still alive at the time, living on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, in the aftermath of the "Great Sioux Wars" of 1876-77. I don't know whether Cather took any interest in the famous chief, although it is hard to imagine not. Upon his death in 1909, he was eulogi
Robert! So good to see you here! We've been waiting for you. I'm sure Gintaras will be in touch.
ReplyDeleteRobert,It is awesome to hear from you again.You are in my thoughts and prayers.Mr. History is back!
ReplyDeleteVery good, indeed. Hope you will be able to check in from time to time.
ReplyDeleteAll the best, dear Robert.
Robert emailed to say he has read the Wills book on Madison and may be able to join us in a few days.
ReplyDeleteSounds like he has been through a long ordeal, but he's slowly on the mend. HOORAY!
Robert, it's good to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteMultitudinous good wishes from Left Coast, robert, where some of us consider these to be words to live by:
ReplyDelete"There is no safety, but there is healing."
It is great to have Friends! So glad to have Bob W back with us.
ReplyDeleteGeeze, Trippler, have you thought about praying for world peace? You seem to have the touch!
ReplyDeleteIn truth, I've been praying for a wealthy wife but that hasn't panned out. But maybe I should have prayed for world peace first!
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