-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 7, 2021. Jeri Rogers has worked as a model, a James Madison junior high social studies teacher, a daytime TV host and a researcher with the Committee of Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill. Rogers – a Texas native who lived in New York City and […]
1. The Way I See It HERE. 2. Listless: without a list of things to do and without the energy to make one. 3. It’s come to this: Saturday I went to town on a scouting expedition to look for snowman. I found four. 4. Then I made one myself and crowned her Snow Queen. […]
Our World Tuesday / Wordless Wednesday
Winter days shrink in a year that doesn’t fit like wool in the washer left to dry in the dryer when it wanted to be in the sun Two sizes too small rises up and restricts its fringe unravels and threads wear thin Until the sun begins to slow its path and the light wins […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 7, 2021. It was dubbed as a New Year’s Eve Pre-Party. Following Covid state restrictions, the live music New Year show at Dogtown went from 6 to 10 and was live-streamed for those staying home. Seating was limited and tables were spread out. Masks were […]
-The following 2020 review was done by excerpting the first line or few in one post from each month last year. You can click on the name of the month for a full accounting. January – A High IQ: The moon shines / outside the box / With a genius of light / it illuminates […]
1. I don’t like poetry prompts like I didn’t like school homework, but I pay attention in class in both cases. 2. Just for fun: Bunny eating a snowman’s carrot nose off HERE. 3. “We are all going to come very close to closing out the year together, as close as we can get, which […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 31, 2020. Gumdrops, lollipops, icing and candy canes were some of the building details used on the Great Gingerbread House Contest entries, currently displayed at The Floyd Country Store and The Soda Fountain. Of course, gingerbread also figured in as a staple ingredient. Hosted annually […]
It was only the third time Joe has played Scrabble with me in the 30+ years we’ve been together. In lieu of having no New Year resolution and not being able to play during the pandemic, he asked what I wanted to do more of in the new year. ‘Play Scrabble’ was my answer. And […]
There wasn’t a lot of glitter and there were no throngs of dancers on the floor at Dogtown’s New Year’s Eve Pre-party. But we did a few twirls, sways and spins with our masks on next to our reserved corner table. My friend Juniper posted on Facebook, “How we will remember 2020!! I have officially […]
