I was in the Café Del Sol posting flyers for our Spoken Word Open Mic this Saturday night when I witnessed an actual impromptu purchase of Fred’s new book, Slow Road Home,” at the Café counter. As a friend of Fred’s, an author with a book myself, and a roving blogger who likes to record […]
1. This is my first Father’s Day since my father left this world. 2. Here is my “13 Things about My Father,” written just after he died. And this is the WVTF Public Radio essay tribute that I wrote about his WWII military service, which he read with tears in his eyes just 4 months […]
If this was my husband’s blog, he’d probably have lots of entries about Ba gua, the martial art he’s been practicing for a number years. Like him, many of our friend’s study Ba gua, mostly because they recognize the mastery of the man who teaches it, and they understand what an opportunity it is to […]
What do you want for supper, honey? Kale or Swiss chard? In another life, I’m a research scientist (the one in which I’m not an interviewer). In this life, my garden is my research project. Every morning, even before I’m dressed, I can’t wait to go out and inspect. I visually measure every nano-inch the […]
I’m a weekend writer because a writer’s work is never done. While my husband’s off to a work-day, helping a neighbor put a roof on his house, I’m at home trying to decide the difference between the word “fathom” and “summon.” While he’s at the golf course driving and putting with buddies, I’m trying to […]
On Friday morning, I drove two hours to have an unlikely picnic with my husband, Joe. We drove past Grayson Highland State Park where we had hiked and picnicked before, past the Creeper Trail in Damascus, Virginia, where camped and biked two years ago. I’m not big on driving. He usually does it. But this […]
This via Vanx: 5 items in my fridge 1. Bubble and Squeak 2. A New Castle beer 3. Sunscreen 4. Venison 5. A small package of Philadelphia cream cheese with the expiration date 2/06, bought in case my son, Josh, came to visit. I guess I can throw it out now. 5 items in my […]
The fact that the attendance of our 4th monthly regional Blogger Meet-up at the Café Del Sol was less than normal turned out to work in my favor. I came to the meeting equipped with a pen, a notebook, and a list of blogging questions, and for over an hour I had an audience with […]
1. Most people like to ride shotgun in a car, but I like to sit in the backseat because it’s more like a couch that I can stretch out and rest on and spread all my stuff out. 2. Number 40 of my 100 Things About Me says: I’d rather be stuck in traffic than […]
“I’m always picking stuff up to use in my journals, scraps of garbage that other people don’t even notice.” ~ My son, Josh. When my husband, Joe, and I were in Asheville this past April, visiting my potter son, Josh, Joe scribbled some phone numbers on a piece of mail that he found in my […]
When I first moved to Floyd, 21 years ago, it didn’t take me long to look around and say to myself, “I have to learn to make something.” Here in Floyd, what one can make with their hands becomes a currency, whether it be wooden bowls, clothes, flutes, pots, or stained glass. Back then, it […]
First pedicure, given to me by my sister Tricia. Inspected by her fireman son. This is what I do on my birthday. Walk a mile in my massage sandals. The work week begins. Someone works at home and someone doesn’t. What do your feet do?
