The Full Monty Porch Vacation
Sunday’s extended porch vacation included two meals, a break for raking leaves and clipping rose bushes, some reading and paperwork to catch up on, a flood of sun, a red-breasted woodpecker at the bird feeder, and some lively conversation.
In Other News: Library Friends to host Floyd Writer’s Circle Members (The following is re-printed from the Floyd Press.)
On any given Writer’s Circle night, we might be found working on an article, a press release, a poem, or a book chapter. ~ excerpted from the Floyd Writer’s Circle Statement
Friends of the Library are pleased to present the Writer’s Circle of Floyd in a special event highlighting the writing of several prominent members. The event is the next in the “Floyd Naturally” Series and will be held March 15 at the 7:30 in the Community Room of the Jessie Peterman Library.
The Writer’s Circle was formed in 2002 and was designed to offer feedback, support, and critiques, as well as fellowship, to the members of the group. The group is small but diverse, containing radio essayists, bloggers, a storyteller, a photojournalist, two political commentators, and several poets and memoirists. The members of the Floyd Writer’s Circle are Jayn Avery, Katherine Chantal, McCabe Coolidge, Kathleen Ingoldsby, Colleen Redman, Mara Robbins, Rima Sultzen, Doug Thompson, and Rosemary Wyman. The Writer’s Group also sponsors “spoken word evenings” at the Café de Sol on every third Saturday. Here you might hear readings from members, or anyone else who wishes to contribute.
On Thursday evening, March 15, you will hear readers from Writer’s Circle members, Mara Robbins, Katherine Chantal, Jayn Avery, Colleen Redman, McCabe Coolidge, Kathleen Ingoldsby, and perhaps others. Writing is an art that enriches the lives of all who listen to the reading with open minds and hearts. Come to the library for this special free event and be one of those fortunate individuals.
March 12th, 2007 8:32 am
That is going to be a nice speaking event! Good luck and have fun! Don’t you just love those woodpeckers? I can’t help but have a soft spot in my heart for those noisy little things, I don’t know why. I had to do a bit of raking myself over the weekend, trying to let some light into my sprouting bulbs that have slept warmly under the dried leaves this month.
March 12th, 2007 8:48 am
I’m waiting for a pileated one to come. Then I will feel like I’m presence of Woody Woodpecker!
I usually wait for spring to rake because by then the winter weather has broken down to dust many of the leaves, but this year we barely had any weather, and so my yard is a forrest of leaves that I’m digging my way out of.
March 12th, 2007 9:51 am
How funny that you took a break from your porch vacation to work (raking leaves) :-). Leave it to you to turn life upside-down like that!!
March 12th, 2007 9:59 am
I guess it was a bit of a “working vacation.” It’s all fun when it’s sunny and warm and we’re living on the front porch!
March 12th, 2007 11:10 am
colleen- we’ve been able to be porch-setters over the past several days, too…..along with a walk/bike-ride along the c&o canal. so great to feel the sun and stretch legs after my winter “hibernation”.
we have a local writer’s group, too, that actually includes songwriters. it’s great to know that small communities like yours and where i live have these types of outlets. i’m not a member, as i’m not a writer…but i enjoy the fruits of the groups and the community events they sponsor.
March 12th, 2007 2:55 pm
Your porch vacations sound so fulfilling. We don’t have a porch but we do have a covered area in the back yard over a wooden platform spot. It’s by the swimming pool and it serves a relaxing purpose.
March 12th, 2007 4:55 pm
Clicked on full moon insomnia and just had to let you know that I loved it.
March 13th, 2007 6:56 am
Love your porch vacations, still a little cool for ‘clothes optional’ I guess! A little sunlight therapy is great after a long cold winter. Enjoy, spring is near.
~susan
~patchwork reflections
~memories in a jar
March 14th, 2007 9:19 am
Love the idea of a porch vacation. Love the idea of a porch. We have a nice patio out back of our house but all my life I have envied those home owners with the large front porches.
March 14th, 2007 10:55 pm
Have a great event! I’ll be thinking of your Writer’s Circle when my Writers’ Circle meets, also on the 15th. A narrative harmonic convergence…