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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Exciting and Fun Things Are Happening in Grove City, Ohio
Monday, March 18, 2013
FEATURED CREATURES: FEATHERS, FUR, ETC. ART SHOW
FEATURED CREATURES: FEATHERS, FUR, ETC. ART SHOW
HIGH ROAD GALLERY, Worthington,
Ohio’s showcase for the arts
March 27 to April 27
Artist Reception (open to the public),
Sunday, April 7th 2 – 4 pm
Regular Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Friday 12:00 – 4:00
Saturday – 12:00 – 4:00
High Road
Gallery exclusively exhibits the work of Central Ohio artists. Located in the historic Buttles-Pinney-Brown
House (aka Sidney Brown House), it is a five-bay brick residence at 12 East
Stafford at the corner of High Street. There
is a five inch threshold into the studio and a thirteen inch double step from
the studio into the first floor gallery.
The parking lot is sloped.
The Good Life on the Gulf Before the Oil Spill
An acrylic painting
By
Linda Lee Greene
To view the online gallery of Linda Lee Greene log onto www.gallery-llgreene.com
The direct link to Linda's latest novel, Guardians and Other Angels is
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Celebrate the Good News With Me
Posted: 06 Mar 2013 05:43 AM PST
(Columbus, OH)—The Ohio Historical Society (OHS) received
support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a project to
increase and share knowledge about Midwestern Native American tribes with
community college educators. The grant to OHS is one of only three national
awards the NEH made this year under the Bridging Cultures for Community
Colleges program.
OHS and its grant partner, the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Community College (NEO A&M), designed Native Americans in the Midwest:
Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges, a cooperative agreement with the NEH
for a three-year faculty and curriculum development project for thirty-six
community college faculty on the history of Midwestern Native American tribes.
OHS’s project works with faculty and academic administrators
to increase their knowledge of existing research and scholarship on the history
Ohio’s Ten Historic Tribes and their removal; introduce faculty to contemporary
Native American cultural experiences; and facilitate a community of learning
and research through course development and enhancement.
“This grant is an excellent opportunity for OHS to deepen
our connections with regional educators interested in understanding Ohio’s
historic Native American tribes,” said Sharon Dean, director of museum and
library services for OHS.
The NEH grant will support the project from 2013-2015.
During this time, OHS and NEO A&M will host three conferences for community
college faculty and administrators and provide professional development by
compiling historical resources for Midwestern Native American history, exposing
community college faculty to scholars and Native American experts, and bringing
them to locations that are critical to the Midwestern Removal story. For more
information about the project, visit http://www.bccc-nam.org.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the
National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in
history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding
selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional
information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant
programs is available at: www.neh.gov.
Media contact, Paula Wasley (202) 606-8424 or
pwasley@neh.gov.
ABOUT THE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Founded in 1885, the non-profit Ohio Historical Society
(OHS) provides a wide array of statewide services and programs related to
collecting, preserving and interpreting Ohio’s history, archaeology and natural
history. The society has over 1.5 million items in its collections throughout
its 58 sites and within its 287,000-square-feet Ohio History Center at 800 E
17th Ave. (Exit 111 off I-71), Columbus, Ohio, 43211. The Society receives a
portion of its funding from the state, but relies on admission fees,
memberships, grants, donations and other forms of revenue to continue to serve
Ohioans in the future. For information regarding the Society, contact Shannon
Thomas, Communications Specialist, Ohio Historical Society: 614.297.2317,
sthomas@ohiohistory.org. Visit the Ohio Historical Society at
http://www.ohiohistory.org.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
The Predawn World of Saints and Sages
While this entire essay is inspired by him, the italicized
portions of it are the actual words of author and physician Deepak Chopra as
presented in his ground-breaking treatise, THE
BOOK OF SECRETS, Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life.
***
One of the most common
sights in India, or anywhere else in the East, used to be saffron-colored monks
in meditation before dawn. Many other
people (my grandmother and mother among them) rise at the same early hour and
go to the temple to pray. The point of
this exercise is that they are meeting the day before it begins.
To meet the day before it begins
means that you are present when it is born.
You open yourself to a possibility.
Because there are not yet any events, the infant day is open, fresh, and
new; it could turn into anything. The
meditating monks and the people at prayer want to add their influence at the
critical moment, like being present at the beginning of a baby’s life…
At
first light, rather than scramble out of bed, continue to recline or sit up in
a comfortable position and open your mind and heart to your path as it
wishes to unfold. Let it evolve into a
rhythm of feelings. If you feel new, as
if the day is going to be unique; or if you feel such harmony that some stressful
issue will be resolved; or if some new creative concept occurs to you; or if
you feel such love that you want to settle any differences, or include someone
you have excluded; or if you feel a kind of wholeness whereby you know you are in the
flow of the universe, then you’ve entered the
predawn world where saints and sages have functioned for thousands of years. What they have been doing, and what you are
now beginning to do, is to precipitate reality onto the earth. You are opening a channel in your own awareness
through which renewal, peace, harmony, creativity, love, and wholeness get a chance
to be here…Like rain falling out of a clear sky, your influence causes a
possibility to become manifest.”
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Announcing the Launching of The River Time, a Blog of Essays on History
The host-authors of the new blog The
River Time are stoked
by the line-up of distinguished guest writers who will be featured in the
coming weeks. The recent discovery of
the remains of Richard III of England has created quite a stir among interested
people, and one of them is the blog’s host-author, Stuart G. Yates. On March 1st he will kick off the
blog’s essays on history with his composition about the unearthing of Richard’s
bones titled, Some Mysteries Surrounding Our Kings. During
the same week, Yates will host the journalist and blogger, Nicholas Wade with
his essay Richard at Bosworth. In addition, on this 50th
anniversary of James Bond and his various Cold War opponents, Yates will bring
you author Brian M. Hayden and an engaging excerpt of Hayden’s new book, Memories of the Cold War.
March 8th will mark the debut on the blog of host-author,
Linda Lee Greene. She will take readers
to World War II with When the Lights
Went Out in America, which
is an excerpt of her book-in-progress, “I Received Your
Letter….” During the week
of the 8th, Greene is so excited about the fact that her first guest
will be the gifted author, K P Kollenborn with yet another essay on the Second
World War titled, Japanese American Internment. Greene’s
second guest, author John Paul Catton, coming to us from present-day Japan,
will enlighten us with a bit of the history of Japanese historical dramas in
his fascinating piece, Jidai Geki.
Author Dixon Rice and his guests will unveil week three of
the blog; author DeEtte Anderton and her guests will do the honors on week
four, as will author Allison Bruning and her guests on week five. Stuart Yates will come back at the opening of
week six and down through the line again.
Guest appearances by other great authors, historians, and history buffs
are already in the works and will be announced as we near their assigned
days.
There are countless messages in history for us to discover
if we stop and pay attention. And if we
yield to history’s call, if we allow it to enlarge our humanity, we will bring
about an improved history-at-large that is unfolding in our time, as well as
enrichment to our personal lives. The
host-authors of The River Time invite you to
help us to get the blog going with a great send-off by joining us as followers
and by leaving comments. The link to the
blog is http://therivertime.blogspot.com.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Reminiscent of Steinbeck's, Grapes of Wrath
A Review by Diana Hannon Forrester
Of
Guardians and other Angels
By
Linda Lee Greene
Guardians and Other Angels is a saga of the Gaffin/Greene family set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and World War II. Author, Linda Lee Greene’s prose has the texture and depth of the times she writes about. Greene gets inside the heartbreak and humor of the people who grace her pages. The story is reminiscent of Steinbeck’s, Grapes of Wrath and calls those same times to mind; times when young men considered themselves lucky to secure a job away from home in Oregon or California for the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) or the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and made enough money to send home to feed the family; times when half-grown children were turned out to make their own way in the world and often failed; times when sudden death lurked in the shadows of freight train cars and the dark corners of hobo jungles.
This was life before we got so smart – before cell phones, television sets and reliable birth control. It is the story of four generations and how they made a mark on life in Southern Ohio during times nobody thought were good, of how people stuck together and supported one another day after endless day. Greene gives us the details of how Lena’s hopes to become a carpenter were dashed by her mother’s desire to protect the family name from disgrace. She gives us animal-killing snow storms and the 1937 Ohio River floods when flood stage reached 70 feet. She gives us dear, sweet Bussy’s cock fights with a rooster named Tarzan, and a hilarious but ill-fated plan of Uncle Dick’s to touch his teacher, Peggy Sue Heatley’s voluptuous breasts, and so much more.This story is not lighthearted by any test, but it is one well worth reading as it gives the reader an inside look at what many of our ancestors survived so we might follow them.
Author Greene puts it this way:
“Despite the tragedies, the hardships associated with farm life, and the ravages of the Great Depression, there was an underlying quality of buoyancy to the spirits of those remarkable people. Even though I carry in my cells the unfortunate imprint of my many nights in the rocking chair with my grandmother as she cried for Bussy and Bob and her other departed loved-ones, my cells also carry the much deeper and more influential legacy of the resilience, the optimism, and the gaiety of my ancestors.”
Enjoy!
The direct link to Guardians and Other Angels is http://amzn.to/PUOXl9
Friday, February 15, 2013
First Award! Very Special Blogger Award
Of course, there are RULES for accepting the nomination:
1. Display the award on my Blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated me.
3. State seven things about myself.
4. Nominate other bloggers for this award and link to them.
5. Notify these bloggers of the nomination and the award’s requirements.
Here are seven
questions that will help define who I am, and what I do best.
Seven things about me....1. I was born in a farmhouse bedroom of my maternal grandparents, a farmhouse that sat on the rim of the star-wound that forms the bedrock of the world-famous, Great Serpent Mound in the blink-and-miss-it-town of Peebles, Adams County, Ohio. Of course, it was even smaller back in my day than it is now. When I was a toddler, my parents, my baby brother, David, and I moved to Columbus, Ohio’s capital city. Other than about fifteen years of my early adulthood when I resided in Queens and Long Island, New York, as well as in Pompano Beach, Florida, Columbus has been my home.
2. I am the divorced mother of two grown children and grandmother of two grandsons.
3. Among many other things, I love to read and write about history. I have recently invited a group of fellow writers to join me as administrators of a new blog titled, The River Time. It is still being set up. All of the posts on the blog will be related to the subject of history. Each week, the blog will feature compositions by one or more of its administrators and by guest writers. If you like to write about history and want to secure a guest slot on the blog to write about one of your favorite historical events, persons, places, or whatever, please private message Linda Lee Greene.
4. In addition to being a bestselling author, I am an interior designer educated at the Columbus College of Art and Design and at the Interior Design Institute of Columbus where I graduated as the valedictorian of my class. I am also an award-winning artist, and in that capacity, I keep a busy schedule of exhibiting at art shows and art festivals. My online art gallery is at www.gallery-llgreene.com.
5. My latest novel, Guardians and Other Angels was published in May, 2012. Based on a true story, it is categorized as historical fiction. It chronicles significant portions of the lives of three generations of my family primarily during the Great Depression and America’s early involvement in World War II. Although much of the story is based on family legends, I broadened the storyline by creating fictional situations in which to place the characters in the novel. Included in it are transcriptions of dozens of authentic personal letters the principles of the story wrote to one another during those momentous eras. The direct link to it is
6. Recently, I became involved with the Ohio Buckeye Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in the capacity of an artist on exhibition in fund-raising art shows. They are venues designed to kick-off the MS Awareness month. Titled An Orange and White Affair Art Show, Cleveland will host the first art show on Friday, March 1st from 5:00 to 9:00 PM at Around the Corner, 18616-20 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107. Show number two will be held on Thursday, March 7 from 5:00 to 9:00 Pm at The Bluestone, 583 East Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215. Tickets can be purchased online at MSohiobuckeye.org or by calling 216-503-4183.
7. I am serving my second year as the treasurer of the Grove City (Ohio) Arts Council. We are a group of fine artists, photographers, craftspersons, and art enthusiasts who organize and support programs that promote art awareness in the Central Ohio area. On a yearly basis, in addition to coordinating art shows and other special events, we raise funds for scholarships that we award to graduating high school seniors who are pursuing a college education in art. I am also an active member of the Grove City Writers’ Group. This organization is instrumental in supporting aspiring middle-and-high-school-age writers in our community by funding and promoting a yearly publication of their essays. The first, second, and third place winners receive cash awards.
I would like to take this opportunity to
nominate some of my friends who are bloggers that I feel have made a positive
impact on my life. I hope you will visit
their blogs and leave a comment. In
alphabetical order, they are:
Jared Anderson – http://jsascribes.wordpress.com/
Vickie
Johnstone – http://vickiejohnstone.blogspot.com
Dixon
Rice – http://wredhead.blogspot.com/Emily Wheeler – http://www.emilystealeaves.wordpress.com
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