If you google the word “secret,” you’ll discover, like I did, that the Law of Attraction DVD “The Secret” has overtaken “Post Secret” for most popular clicked on site. You’ll be surprised to learn that Secret Deodorant is more popular than Victoria’s Secret. You might start repeating the Secret Deodorant jingle … but secret is […]
1. A ladder that allows hikers to bypass a barbed wired fence seems to separate one world from another. 2. Once we cross over, our mood becomes somber, as we discover and explore an abandoned house site. 3. We come upon an old bed of springs from which a mass of bramble bushes is growing […]
1. My poet friend Mara called and wanted me to look something up for her. “Pool hours,” she said, but I heard something like poolours and thought it was a new poetry form like pantoums! 2. Did you know that belly laughs are like pain killers? 3. Seen at Fire Cat’s on Easter Sunday – […]
Which will it be today?
Last week when I was in town hanging flyers for the April Spoken Word Night, I saw an interesting scene. Two workers were laying a new sidewalk in between the old Rake’s mansion property and the new Village Green site and leading to the Hotel Floyd construction. It looked like an elaborate production. I was […]
1. The other people in the dining room probably thought Joe and I were food critics because we kept taking pictures of our plates of food. It was the Chateau Morrisette’s Easter Brunch, and we couldn’t resist. It was a feast, and the food was not only very tasty, it was pretty and photogenic. 2. […]
In the 1950’s, when our TVs were black and white and the antennas that sat on the top of them were called rabbit ears, only men reported the news. They weren’t like anyone from Howdy Doody. They were different than Ralph Kramdon or Perry Mason. They wore suits and talked as if they were right […]
My writing is an extension of and a way to organize my thinking. I’m more of a thinker than a writer. For me, writing is the natural final product that results from thinking. I think! ~ Comment recently made by Colleen to Kim (a thinking blogger). I’d like to thank Blue Mountain Mama – who […]
AKA: That’s the Ticket! 1. I’m a sucker for an online generator. When it comes to generators (like this ticket found at Tales from Creekistan), I’m like the kid in school who had to stick her hands up in front of the movie projector to make shadows on the screen when the lights went out. […]
1. Bring me a higher love 2. High five 3. Keeping a high profile 4. High minded or head in the clouds? 5. the sunset is the highlight of my day. 6. High and dry in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Photos: 1. My husband, Joe, at the top of the stairs of a shop in […]
The following was originally published in The Floyd Press newspaper on 3/29/07 as “Hotel rooms to showcase aspects of Floyd’s talent.” It’s official. The first item for the Floyd Writer’s Room, one of the themed guest rooms planned for the Hotel Floyd, has been purchased. It’s an antique writing desk with lots of interesting drawers, […]
The menu consisted of basmati rice, steamed greens, and venison sautéed with onions. The conversation mostly revolved around garden plans. “We’ll have to risk being woken up by Jasmine’s barking,” Joe was saying, “because she needs to stay outside and chase away the deer that have been coming around.” An image of a family of […]
