tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447020772809150478.post2875949605159477486..comments2024-03-28T22:20:36.906-04:00Comments on TempoSenzaTempo: A Tuba Player from Valdosta, GeorgiaMike Brubakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447020772809150478.post-2235260196943405832021-01-10T18:20:13.758-05:002021-01-10T18:20:13.758-05:00Mike I have been so saddened to see and hear what ...Mike I have been so saddened to see and hear what is happening in the good old US of A. Although we've known it for a long time, it was particularly frightening and sobering to hear Nancy Pelosi put it into words last night on the news. I was interested to read the Archivist's account of what it was like inside the Capitol on that day as per here. https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2021/nr21-23?fbclid=IwAR3O4Vs9eOxIdiJ-gENyOW2GEXPZBhY_Os2gCKDiJPVtnIlkyHVw5GcfDqI I also read Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey recently which was set in Georgia. So much work to be done. Stay strong.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447020772809150478.post-73558287251506643502021-01-10T18:11:46.747-05:002021-01-10T18:11:46.747-05:00An excellent post with a well written comment on w...An excellent post with a well written comment on what happened in Washington this past week. Both what happened in Valdosta all those years ago, and what happened in Washington last Wednesday are vivid reminders of how otherwise normal-thinking people can be goaded and roused to mob mindlessness and in last Wednesday's case, by a nutcase madman with no conscience and no commitment to anything or anyone but himself.La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447020772809150478.post-4058770418408253672021-01-10T15:55:58.013-05:002021-01-10T15:55:58.013-05:00Excellent comments as to today's news, and yes...Excellent comments as to today's news, and yesterday's of the South. I like the tuba playing man who had his portrait made, and now wonder if it was for a lady, or maybe some relations that lived far away. If only the paper could talk. I knew to not try to stop in Valdosta from when I was traveling through N. Florida and S. Georgia in the 70s, 80s and 90s. It certainly had a reputation.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447020772809150478.post-73126461720491923352021-01-10T15:30:14.382-05:002021-01-10T15:30:14.382-05:00Thank you for putting words to many of my thoughts...Thank you for putting words to many of my thoughts. The man in the photo carried himself with dignity in the studio. One can imagine that he often needed to look submissive to avoid trouble. We have a sad history that we must acknowledge or we can never move forward. We can't jump to reconciliation without the work. I made a "civil rights tour" with a pastor friend in September 2019 and was moved in so many ways by what I saw, read, touched, heard, and learned. The "German spies" implication in this story was a new one for me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447020772809150478.post-84666125067706177572021-01-10T14:22:55.382-05:002021-01-10T14:22:55.382-05:00What a journey this photo took you on. Valdasta - ...What a journey this photo took you on. Valdasta - DC -- feels like the same story played over and again. The players are different, but the horror is the same. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447020772809150478.post-8288030289495059962021-01-10T06:33:31.381-05:002021-01-10T06:33:31.381-05:00And look once more and what do I see? - a fascinat...And look once more and what do I see? - a fascinating read and a fine mixture of words and images that blend together like the finest of brass band tunes.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447020772809150478.post-8412521760898931782021-01-10T04:59:23.282-05:002021-01-10T04:59:23.282-05:00It's hard to look again, and again but we must...It's hard to look again, and again but we must otherwise we never learn.<br />Understanding what we are looking at is important, it can tell us so much. <br />Your photo portrait is intriguing. It would be wonderful if the image could talk us his story. <br />Sandra Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306175508043372583noreply@blogger.com