Our Australian house guests, Bonnie and Harmony, picked out some Josh Copus mugs for family members at our house-turned-pottery-gallery, one of the sites on the 2014 fall 16 Hands Studio Tour. One tour-goer fell in love with the pot by the front door on the porch, which she described as a pot that was “full […]
I didn’t have a chance to see the Lego sculpture show in Faneuil Marketplace in Boston while recently visiting my family in Hull (22 miles south of Boston), but I did see some striking graffiti art in the old forts by the house I grew up in Hull Village. It was like taking in a private art […]
It’s that time of year again, the annual 16 Hands Fall Studio Tour. Stop by our house Friday, Saturday or Sunday to see my potter son Josh Copus’ latest wood-fired work. And the functional porcelain pots of his guest artist Wendy Wrenn. See some photos from last year’s fall tour HERE. Check out my blog […]
1. I’ve always resonated with the beatnik generation, but I’m more of a beachnik at heart. 2. I’m thankful that my recent trip to Massachusetts (it had been 2 years) went well, that I enjoyed being with and helping to care for my mother, that I saw all six of my living siblings and that […]
And this one’s called “Kicking Up Our Heels.” It’s me and my three sisters (in the order of our birth) during my recent visit to my hometown in Massachusetts. ______Wordless Wednesday
I can’t drive through any part of my hometown of Hull (MA) without setting off a memory. They come, one right after the other, like text messages from the past dinging on my phone. That’s where my first boyfriend lived, and a girlfriend who had a really cool dollhouse lived in the house across the […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
While in my hometown of Hull visiting my family and helping out with my mother’s care, I met three (so far) brand new family members, one of which has the name of my late brother Jimmy. There were also new (first time) moms. Desmond’s mom is blogger. Check it out HERE. I call this one […]
1. Grab and brag are the same word with letters moved around and both mean something rude. 2. Michael Grab, whether an artist or a magician, really grabs my attention. See for yourself HERE. 3. Boast and roast: to build up and then tear down. 4. ““It is said that God has created man in […]
– The Following first appeared in The Floyd Press on November 13, 2014 “I tell the historians that I’m a musician and the musicians that I’m a historian,” joked Ricky Cox to an admirer after his presentation on Floyd County Folksong Traditions at the Floyd EcoVillage Saturday morning. Cox is also a talented storyteller and […]
Savoring warm weather in a November afternoon is like squeezing the flavor from a teabag Knowing it won’t be reused like a rebound love affair that can’t live up to the real thing The sun drips down draining light from the sky like a pinched rosy cheek turning pale I tip the spouted pot […]
Or Should I Call it Subtraction? From Mickey Freeze in the Floyd Village Green. / Sunday Shadow Shot /I Heart Macro
1. On Veterans Day, while watching a PBS special on homeless vets, I became interested in the word perish, how it rhymes with cherish and doesn’t sound anything like death. 2. On a walk with my grandson Liam on Monday, we saw a big dog wearing big flowers behind each of its ears. After we […]
Faded Glory 1 is HERE. / Wordless Wednesday
– The following first appeared in the fall issue of About HER, a regional insert magazine. When Mara Robbins read a Facebook update from a family friend this past July, she realized that the skills she had been developing over her 43 years of life were about to line-up for a worthy cause. “Looks like […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
~ The following photos are from a selection that appeared in the November 6th issue of The Floyd Press. The Pine Tavern Pavilion and grounds were decked out Saturday night with spooks and cobwebs for the Annual Halloween Party and Masquerade Ball with The KIND. Costumed attendees filled the dance floor during the band’s two […]
1. Halloween is the only time you can Boo a band and it’s not an insult. 2. Some people consider dinner and a movie the best kind of date night, but my idea of the perfect date happened Saturday night when I put on a purple wig and witch hat and went out dancing with […]
