1. My grandson Bryce and I like to say “boom-shaka-laka.” 2. It’s a pretty weird world when you open a bag of parsnips from the grocery store and it says “like us on Facebook” on the bag. 3. I wonder who came up with the idea to cue Oscar winners at the Academy Awards to [...]
Wordless Wednesday
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on Februrary 21, 2012. The Floyd Fitness Center is marking its 5th year with a celebratory Open House throughout the day on Friday, February 22. The Center, which has been co-owned by five members of the community for the past five years, features a fully equipped [...]
A scented cloud lifts from a lake of Darjeeling Bamboo flute notes rise _____________dVerse Poets Pub
Spoonful of honey Bright sun in February Cream pours like snow falls _______________________ Shadow Shot Sunday
In every season and in a variety of settings – in fields and woods, by oceans and rivers, in backyards and chapels, at resorts and wineries – Katherine Chantal has been officiating weddings for more than two decades, including those of two of her five sons. With a background in sociology, psychology, philosophy and world [...]
1. “Life is too short to try and glue together the broken plates that were cheap in the first place.” ~ Blog title by master title-er Jennifer at Open Book. 2. The picture posted above is a self portrait in mosaic from a gas station in Blacksburg that was decorated by school kids and has [...]
Someone in the women’s dialogue I belong to made a suggestion of an exercise we could do in between our monthly meet-ups: make a list of 20 people that have loved you. Not necessarily the ones you know love you, but the ones you have felt loved by. I quickly, mentally ticked off the obvious [...]
The following is a slightly different version of what appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on February 14, 2013. A reception for a new show, New Voice: Young Innovation, was held at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts last Saturday. With the intention of showcasing emerging artists and providing the community with fresh inspiration, the [...]
On the Loose In Hot Pursuit Duck Duck Goose Post Notes: Shadow Shot Sunday (photo #3). Photos are from Joe’s and my duck pond date yesterday in Blacksburg.
~ The following first appeared in the The Floyd Press on February 14, 2013 with a larger spread of photos and captions It was generally agreed by attendees and promoters that the 4th Annual Mardi Gras Costume Ball and Blue Mountain School fundraiser was the best attended Mardi Gras yet and featured the most elaborate [...]
1. My sister Sherry is a Grammy winner. She just became a grammy for the second time and has a beautiful new granddaughter named Chole. 2. My Grammy highlights were that I got to watch. After years (since HD) of having only one network channel, I fooled around with the menu settings and the antennae [...]
Juliet changed her name to Violet but not many people knew She signed it that way in her handwritten letters and followed it with x’s and o’s I was her Romeo once when life was wasted on youth before photos were torn from album pages and forbidden affections surpressed She made a path in snowy [...]
Watch a video of Katie Wells‘ fantastic dance performance at the New Voices art opening at the Jacksonville Center for the arts HERE. Photos of the art are HERE. Sunday Shadow Shot
“Maybe 1,000’s, but definitely not millions,” I told the young Blue Mountain School students when they asked me how many poems I had written, maybe a million? “How long does it take to write a long poem, when did you start writing and have you ever been published?” were some of the thoughtful questions these [...]
1. I know for sure that the economy is improving. Our hens just started laying again. 2. If a scribe is such a noble profession how come the word scribble means to make a bunch of careless or worthless writings or drawings? 3. Eknath Eswaran was talking about meditation and choosing a mantra when he [...]
~The following first appeared in the January 31, 2012 issue of The Floyd Press. “We’re going to look at all aspects of music production,” said Floyd Music Lab director Joe DeJarnette at the lab’s Open House Saturday evening. Housed in the trailer adjacent to the main June Bug Center building, the Floyd Music Lab is [...]
Note: ~ I’m getting set to be a visiting poet in a class of young children at Blue Mountain School tomorrow, which made me think of the following poem, written in 2007 and originally titled Fruit Loops. Plum is yum and cherry is cheery But what part of berry is raspy? Bananas can be split [...]
