by Toni McNaron | Sep 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
There aren’t many in this country, but I’ve been deciding to enter as many as I can. A couple of years ago I accepted an invitation from a good friend to travel to Washington D.C. to visit the Museum of African American History and Culture and the...
by Toni McNaron | Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 2004, Richard Eyre directed the movie, “Stage Beauty,” written by Jeffrey Hatcher and starring Billy Cudrup and Claire Danes. Recently I watched this amazingly beautiful and haunting movie for the third time. A good friend who’d never seen it...
by Toni McNaron | Aug 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the August 14th New York Times, there’s an article by Karen Crouse, a sports reporter for the paper, entitled “Tiger and Serena Confront Twilight and Aching Backs.” Crouse clearly admires both stellar athletes, even saying they achieved unique...
by Toni McNaron | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
A cherished friend just called me to be the one to tell me that Toni Morrison has died. For half a century she has given us book after book after book filled with characters who don’t always succeed but who never lose humanity. For half a century she has...
by Toni McNaron | Jul 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
A friend and I are just back from a magical trip to Eastern Egg Rock in Maine. That’s where a lively colony of puffins now lives, though 40 years ago, almost all the little brightly colored shore birds had essentially vanished from their home. Between using...
by Toni McNaron | Jul 1, 2019 | Toni's Blog, Uncategorized
When I was spending time in England almost every year, I realized that many of their television ads were incredibly clever as opposed to most of ours that simply tried to sell you something you probably didn’t need or want. Lately, however, I have seen a few...
