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Back in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, at my parents' place while looking through books, I came across a small sheaf of facsimile watercolors created by Sœur Sourir. The images, sort of like pen and ink drawings with a light wash of color, triggered a rush of memories from early childhood, starting with the echo of Sœur Sourir's super-mega-radio-hit "Dominique" and proceeding through my Aunt Denise's recounting of her student exchange experiences in Argentina; my two sisters singing and playing; and closely related matters like acoustic guitars, AM radio, small portable record players and reel-to-reel tapes.
The Singing Nun, the Flying Nun, Patty Duke, all sorts of things are now floating back into the mind's eye.
Eventually I was curious to ask: what ever happened to Sœur Sourir / Sister Smile?
That strange tale, my friends, will be the subject of another post soon to come.
Today's Rune: Breakthrough.
1 comment:
All I had to do was read the words Singing Nun...even though she was a Dominican nun the Sisters of the IHM loved her---incessantly.
I liked the look of the Sœur Sourir different.
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