Pat Taub
A Remarkable Nun
Last Sunday and Monday I hosted Sister Megan Rice, the 88 year-old activist nun from Washington, DC who was in Maine to promote the new documentary she’s featured in, The Nuns, the Priests and the Bombs. This photo was taken in front of my condo, which was formerly a residence for nuns who worked at Mercy Hospital across the street. In a coincidence that took my breath away, Sr. Megan explained that decades ago she had been in my building, when it housed nuns, on a visit to her beloved Aunt Mary. Ah, the wonders the universe can deliver!
Van Gogh in Portland
I took this photo of sunflowers in front of the Rosemont Market on Pine St. It reminded me of Van Gogh and Provence, recalling happy memories of visiting there yeas ago.
The Purple Lady
This photo is from Portland’s Wednesday Farmer’s Market. The subject, Judith, proudly described how she has been wearing nothing but purple for over 25 years, even dying her shoes purple, like the Birkenstocks in the picture. Judith’s purple hair is new, something she did on her 75thbirthday, proclaiming, “It will be purple for all my remaining years.” Hats off to Judith for being an original and showing great spirit as she ages!
The Ongoing Crisis for Separated Migrant Children
My heart breaks every time I read a news story about the mounting humanitarian crimes against migrant families, like guards engaging in sexual abuse of minors and accounts of reunited children, formerly happy and carefree, now traumatized! And still the Trump Administration keeps failing to meet judicial guidelines for reunification! Let’s all do what we can to continue to protest a very mean-spirited policy.
Anne Tyler’s New Book, “Clock Dance”
I’ve downloaded Clock Dance for my weekend reading. I’ve been a big Tyler fan for years, loving the fact that she’s an older woman who has written a novel where the protagonist is an older woman struggling to adjust to the death of her long-married husband.
