Carmen Rodriguez-Valdivieso Keating, born November 17, 1922, in Arcila, Morocco, died September 13, 2011, of natural causes at her home in Savannah. Carmen — naturalized as a United States citizen in 1971 — is well known and respected in Savannah for her involvement in the arts and the community. A lifelong teacher, Carmen taught Spanish…
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Rosler’s Recording Booth Contest
The prize has already been won, but play along for fun anyway…
Scrabble Comeback
I got a Scrabble rematch from Mama tonight. She and Bel both buried me a couple of nights ago, but I had a better go of it this time. Note: we caught the misspelling of “premiers” many moves after it was put down. It went from my “prim” to Mama’s “primier”, at which point I…
Isabel Talks
My sister posted the first entries on her blog at http://www.isabeltalks.com/.
Uncle Harty, Altar Boy
We held a memorial service today for my father, followed by mass at Blessed Sacrament Church. One part of the mass will stand out for me above everything else that has happened over the past mash of days. It involves my uncle and aunt, both of whom were raised in their fully Catholic family with…
James Pinckney Keating
My father, James Pinckney Keating: April 15, 1927, to March 13, 2008.
Dear Megan
Savannah April 11, 2007 Well, Megan, You finally convinced me that I should be better about writing back to you. Not much is going on here in Savannah, so instead I will tell you what Bravo did Monday morning: I took them (Reggie, Dekker, Bravo, Linus, Etta) out hiking Monday morning all by myself while…