Blues Greene
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Teacher/writer |
| Location | Portland, OR, United States |
| Introduction | Retired from full-time teaching, moved to Portland, Or in July of '06 to write a memoir of late 1960s, fly-fish on weekdays and find a writing group. Book done, nice rainbow caught and released on a Tuesday, member of The Guttery, a successful Portland writing group. Currently supervising and mentoring beginning teachers, reading, writing like never before, and living in the moment. |
| Interests | Books, music, writing, fly-fishing, thoroughbred horses, Blues, poetry, blues harmonica, travel/camping, historical searches, horse racing, water color painting, fly tying, meeting people, psychology, teaching, mentoring teachers, reading, thinking. |
| Favorite Movies | American Beauty, Annie Hall, Pleasantville, Grapes of Wrath, Five Easy Pieces, Blow Up, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, Girl Interrupted, The Lives of Others, Into the Wild, Down By Law, Louie Bluie, Rabbit Proof Fence, Phar Lap, Seabiscuit, Payday, The Natural, Slingblade, Junebug, Days of Heaven, A River Runs Through it, I'm Not There, The Natural, Triplets of Belleville |
| Favorite Music | BLUES, Zydeco, Rhythm and Blues, Traditional American/Folk, Bluegrass, Classical, Rock, Jazz, Woody Guthrie, Utah Phillips, Dylan, Sonny Boy Williamson, Taj Mahal, Hank Williams, Howlin' Wolf, J.B. Lenoir, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Ali Farka Toure, Slim Harpo, Daniel Johnston, Big Bill Broonzy, Billie Holiday, Hank Crawford |
| Favorite Books | The Brothers K, Angle of Repose, Invisible Man, Love Poems of Kenneth Patchen, The Other America, The Worst Hard Time, Working, Grapes of Wrath, Collected Short Stories of Eudora Welty/Flannery O'Connor, A River Runs Through it, Blindness, Peace Like a River, Catcher in the Rye, The Color Purple, War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, East of Eden, Cane, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall, The Great Gatsby, Wise Blood, The Bluest Eye, Cats Cradle, The Art of Loving, The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder, The Sharpshooter Blues, Letters To a Young Poet |
Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?
It will be made from nothing permanent. The victory of enlightenment.