1. Our dog Jasmine lies around while deer come in the yard and eat from our garden, like I let the answering machine pick-up because I don’t want to bother answering the phone. 2. I can’t help wondering if I had been jogging instead of blogging these last 3 years how fit I might be […]
Mud on potatoes dries to dirt in the sun, spilling from a bucket like a cornucopia overflowed. In the garden, a few tomatoes struggle to turn red but only make it to bright orange – the same color as the potted mums on the porch table, a $3 grocery store purchase for October’s yearly anniversary. […]
~ The following appeared in The Floyd Press on September 18, 2008. Having a Personal Fitness Trainer isn’t just for city dwellers or celebrities like Oprah. Floyd native, Rowan Chantal recently received certification as a Personal Trainer from the American College of Sports Medicine and has set up shop at The Floyd Fitness Center. […]
I stumbled upon this scene, a constructive use of a weekend afternoon, while in town for my writer’s circle on Sunday. After hearing from a friend in the Café Del Sol that some people were holding up Obama signs in the Courthouse parking lot, I jogged down to see for myself. In the five minutes […]
Imagine where our country would be today with energy independence if Ronald Reagan hadn’t torn down the Photovoltaic solar panels that Jimmy Carter put on the White House and if he hadn’t followed that by racking up one of the biggest deficits in history. Imagine where we’d be now with energy independence if Vice President […]
You’ve heard the saying “Girls Rock? In my case it was literally true. Not in the musical sense, but in the banging back and forth against the back of a couch, or a in the car to the tune of my siblings complaining. I’ve outgrown most of my big motion rocking with the help of […]
1. This is the time of year I like to sunbathe on the porch because it’s cool enough to soak it up. Letting all that good warmth and Vitamin D penetrate my skin makes me feel like a solar voltaic panel storing sun for the winter. 2. Golden parachutes? How about being fired and fined […]
