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
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ReplyDelete"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie ..."
ReplyDeleteAs batty as that photo is, it doesn't really sum up Michelle, as Jon Stewart pointed out on one segment. Michelle may be many things, but "moonstruck" she is not. This gal knows what she wants and more or less how to get it, unlike Sister Sarah who she has now eclipsed. You don't hear much talk of Palin anymore.
Yeah, one way of getting what you want is to pay in advance for all the $30 "votes" on behalf of all of your would-be supporters. I give her (or her advisors) credit for that one, although she paid for a lot more votes than she received which is also interesting.
ReplyDeletePalin is still kinda hangin' around ....
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