Teacup moon holds a dark brew Tipped then sipped from full to new Generously poured and light infused A savored moon is divinely restored ____Colleen Redman / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads / Check out my featured interview, Life of a Poet, at Poets United HERE.
That’s what I said when I dug into my lobster-sauce drenched, crabbed-stuffed salmon at the Hardware Bar and Grill in Hillsville Saturday night. Although, if my five-year-old grandson Liam saw it, I’m sure he’d think it was more like a “Hot Lava Godzilla.” Sorry about the low-light blur in the picture above. I was probably […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 11, 2016 and on The Floyd Press’s website HERE. There were mothers of young children, mothers and daughters, students, retirees and professionals attending the Woman’s Winter Sojourn Retreat at the Floyd EcoVillage January 29 – 31st. Twenty-six women ranging in age from 17 to 70 […]
1. Driving to Roanoke on Thursday to pick up my grandson Liam at preschool, I passed a white statue of Mother Mary in someone’s yard and thought it was a snowman. 2. Later, I took a wrong turn and came upon a Stonehenge and had to explain to Liam what it was and why I […]
The Scrabble Club meets at the Jessie Peterman Library in Floyd every 4th Saturday at 5:00 and the second Saturday at 11:00. More Scrabble posts HERE. –Wordless Wednesday
To put my life on hold is to also savor it What I try to avoid becomes all the more present Time passes slowly when we play dead vicariously Like a backfire kick from a over-watched clock I mark the minutes like a mantra for a countdown to the future I measure words by the […]
– The following first appeared in the February 18, 2016 issue of The Floyd Press Floyd is home to a high percentage of potters. They began coming to the county to set up working studios in the mid ‘70s. Over the years, many of those potters have provided apprenticeship programs and learning opportunities for […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
1. “Wait, Rising Sun is not the same as Winter Sun?” -Floyd homeboy Josh Copus 2. Last night I dreamt that Neil Young was my boyfriend. 3. Lately, I’ve been reading memoirs of the ’60s rock stars of my generation the way my veteran father read WWII books when he was my age. Here’s an […]
Our World Tuesday / Wordless Wednesday
And I have to shake it to get the purple down. Meanwhile, here’s a sneak preview of the Jacksonville Center’s new exhibit Floyd Potters: Generations of Clay, in which show host Jayn Avery brought together two generations of Floyd potters, including my Asheville Potter Son Josh. Along with the excellent work, the heartwarming exhibit includes the […]
Ready or not the moon won’t give up It turns on its side and slips down behind clouds drawn like drapes in a hide-and-seek sky ____Colleen Redman / Poets United / Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads
Love to my sweetheart and Happy Birthday to my son Dylan!
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 11, 2016 with a larger spread of photos. The yearly party that so many look forward to lived up to its reputation again. The 7th annual Mardi Gras Costume Ball, a fundraiser for Blue Mountain School (BMS), took place at Dogtown Roadhouse Saturday night, February […]
1. No matter what masquerade costume I put on, there’s always one or two people who don’t bat an eye, walk right up to me and say, “Hi Colleen.” 2. Then – because of the pink wig – there are some I’ve known for years that didn’t even recognize me when I took off my […]
I think about all the milk being sold at the grocery store so that the kids who won’t have school tomorrow can eat cereal in the morning. And that’s what you’d get if you let a poet report the weather. Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads
I’m pretty sure it’s real! The fire that Barb Gillespie danced with was easier to notice. Gyroscopic Belly Dancers are a trio of Floyd women — currently Shannon DiPietro, Barb Gillespie and Emily Williamson — who are “known for their unique choreography of fusion bellydance, combining Tribal, Caberet and Egyptian styles and a flair for […]
