I don’t want to grow up …I don’t want to wear a tie … and a serious expression in the middle of July … ~ Song from Peter Pan Before I knew that Pan was the goat god of wild creatures I wanted to be Peter Not so much because he could fly But because […]
1. My current philosophy on entertainment is a lot like how I feel about food. Provide it yourself or get it locally grown whenever possible. 2. Years ago when I started to become less likely to travel distances for events, I remember saying “Let them come to us.” And some did. Leon Russell and Maria […]
Country hick peace-nic red, white, or blue neck yuppie, yippie hippie, hopi do the hokey-pokey and turn yourself around cause labels are limiting and that’s what it’s all about Post notes: The above poem, written circa 1992, was read into a mic at a 4th of July Party for Wall Residences, an agency I used […]
The following was published in The Floyd Press on September 6, 2007 with the title “They Specialize in the Catch of the Day.” I’ve nicknamed them the Indigo Girls, after the female singing duo from Atlanta. But this Floyd County duo goes by the name of Indigo Farms. Indigo Farms owners, Teresa Nester and Susan […]
1. Last call 2. It flew right by. 3. I’m already looking forward to next summer. Post Notes: 1. Butterfly in my yard. 2. Chair seen by the side of the road in Christiansburg on Friday morning when I was driving home after the John Mayer and Dave Matthews concert at VA Tech HERE. 3. […]
The secret to writing a book? I think it’s this: Take good notes and write often enough that it starts to accumulate. ~ Colleen, from The Jim and Dan Stories As a writer, the most important discipline I’ve learned is to take notes when the dictation of writing begins. I drop everything, resort to writing […]
I’ve never paid much attention to football. It took two big names, John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band in concert together to finally get me into Virginia Tech’s Lane stadium. This free concert was conceived by Matthews, the Grammy award winning musician from Charlottesville, Virginia, as a way to show support for Tech after […]
1. Whenever I’m given a writing assignment, I feel like Rumplestilskin being asked to spin straw into gold. At first it feels impossible that I will ever be able to create something out of nothing, but sometimes and somehow I do. 2. I was asked to write stories for a women’s magazine insert in regional […]
The following is Part 2 of “First Wood-firing at The Community Temple.” Part one, “The Countdown” is HERE. My potter son, Josh, who was a big Lord of the Rings fan when he was a boy, confessed to me while he was dunking pots into glazes that he had just read six Harry Potters books […]
A Noborigama chambered climbing kiln is built on a slope, and each succeeding chamber is situated higher than the one before it. The chambers in a noborigama are pierced at intervals with stoking ports. Climbing kilns have been used in Japan since the 17th century. ~ Wikipedia Like a rocket ship with shuttle attachments, […]
1. Red on red collision 2. A case of mistaken identity 3. My husband went to a Red Sox baseball game and all I got was this T-shirt. Note: For something that will really make you see red, go HERE.
