tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post4149964482886784721..comments2024-03-27T13:48:55.850-04:00Comments on HOLLER NOTES: GODS, GEORGIA AND MEGary Cardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17487971272055031915noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-44924654100863062922009-05-30T22:02:56.413-04:002009-05-30T22:02:56.413-04:00Gary Neil,
You are simply the best!
jpgGary Neil, <br /><br />You are simply the best!<br /><br />jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-52539817334683036562009-05-28T18:36:43.453-04:002009-05-28T18:36:43.453-04:00Gary,
Have you ever wondered why I keep dropping ...Gary,<br /><br />Have you ever wondered why I keep dropping by periodically to share a cholestrol packed meal with you? Spending time with you is like going back to a place where the world seemed safe and there were many things to talk about and much to learn about what awaited a teenager from Cartersville in the outside world. Thanks for loaning me all those books and sharing your love for the arts and literature. Haardly a day passes without hearing you hold forth in the back of my mind. We love you man!<br /><br />Dondonagh43https://www.blogger.com/profile/04594813710253929139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-10016970436312876832009-05-28T17:12:42.011-04:002009-05-28T17:12:42.011-04:00Wow, Carlee!
When I cross over to the great summer...Wow, Carlee!<br />When I cross over to the great summer stock in the sky, you can do my eulogy. i'm gratified and amazed.Gary Cardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487971272055031915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-492717376556772242009-05-28T16:58:54.028-04:002009-05-28T16:58:54.028-04:00Gary-- you already know what an impact you had on...Gary-- you already know what an impact you had on me and my great love for the written word and the drama of promoting it. I did teach , as a matter of fact, 5 years of Speech and Drama and senior English just after college, and I never got in front of a class that I didn't try to remember how "Mr. Carden did it." Every hour produced an opportunity to not only teach those young minds something but to instill them with the love of the sounds, the memories they invoked, the beauty of the writer's talents and messages. Good teaching requires a certain amount of acting; great teaching requires a great actor and that, my friend, is exactly what you were. What a wonderful time in life to have someone like you enter it> Your love of literature and drama, your personal style in interpreting it, your commitment to protecting the integrity of it, are all a part of what made it , and you, so memorable and so imbedded in those important recesses of our minds. Who else would teach " Other Voices, Other Rooms" to a teenager in the "60's??? Much affection, Carlee BellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-16879599953729514162009-05-27T23:51:19.040-04:002009-05-27T23:51:19.040-04:00Spike,
Maybe I will. I'm old and feeble and in my...Spike,<br />Maybe I will. I'm old and feeble and in my dotage, but I would love to come to the Class of 1960 Reunion.Gary Cardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487971272055031915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-60436806532610729852009-05-27T22:58:31.914-04:002009-05-27T22:58:31.914-04:00Hey Gary!!!
What a tribute...I stand in awe of yo...Hey Gary!!!<br /><br />What a tribute...I stand in awe of you (as always) and of Buddy for giving it up!!!<br /><br />No way I could just stand in the wings while the house offers up one of those sudden on- their-feet tributes they sometimes jump up for. You put your stamp on dozens and dozens of us, and some of us NEVER forgot what you told us about so that it stuck long after class…long after high school…and college…and through so many different careers that dragged us to every corner of the world. I didn’t do much teaching (the world might offer thanks for that) in my time, but I read, and I did write…and I did tread the boards, and every time I did them, I remembered when you first showed us…and I loved it…so I owe you a pile of thank yous. Thank you so much.<br /><br />Hope you’ll come to our class reunion next year!<br /><br />Spike Guilbeau, CHS class of 1960Ed...out on the beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375315806518951723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-12413968552782173902009-05-27T19:36:56.681-04:002009-05-27T19:36:56.681-04:00Thank you, Dianne. I know that it was a wonderful...Thank you, Dianne. I know that it was a wonderful time in my life when anything seemed possible. Are there any other voices from the past out there?Gary Cardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487971272055031915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-31942094746727626792009-05-27T17:18:31.482-04:002009-05-27T17:18:31.482-04:00This letter had to please you!!! Surely you know...This letter had to please you!!! Surely you know what an impact you made on the lives of those "kids" in Cartersville that hung on your every word........DiAnne MonroeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-14502768961093840502009-05-21T10:43:13.055-04:002009-05-21T10:43:13.055-04:00Dave,
Yeah, that is what a friend of mine calls "v...Dave,<br />Yeah, that is what a friend of mine calls "validating your parking ticket."Gary Cardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487971272055031915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-67006876219222628182009-05-21T08:30:56.679-04:002009-05-21T08:30:56.679-04:00That's gotta make you feel good to hear something ...That's gotta make you feel good to hear something like that especially the way most folks would view the teaching of mythology. It just goes to show the importance of a good liberal arts education.<br /><br />I think that's why I ended up blacksmithing was that I got instant feedback at the end of the day when I could look down at the shop floor and see a pile of stuff that I had made that day. And I felt even better when someone bought them from me.dwbrewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132292659287409968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-25310794401559273222009-05-21T08:07:01.554-04:002009-05-21T08:07:01.554-04:00It makes you feel good to receive an accolade like...It makes you feel good to receive an accolade like that; because, the teacher may forget how he graded the student, but the student never forgets how he graded the teacher.Steve Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09076817689366222035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-90166862711231136942009-05-21T03:47:13.815-04:002009-05-21T03:47:13.815-04:00What a wonderful tribute to you, Gary, especially ...What a wonderful tribute to you, Gary, especially the mythology connection and influence through so many years.Betty Cloer Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711302680178842195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306087450570351277.post-1070197423094387482009-05-20T15:21:58.719-04:002009-05-20T15:21:58.719-04:00How wonderful, Gary! I have also been a teacher a...How wonderful, Gary! I have also been a teacher and have received a few of these lovely. long after thhe fact, letters. Which just reminds me of how important it is to say thank you -- even years and years later.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.com