The best part of this essay would have been if I had been up early enough to hear it aired today on WVTF Public Radio. But I can still listen and so can you because the radio station has it posted on their website. You can hear me reading it HERE. It was probably the […]
Clay is a material accepting of impression. It is a record of every process, from its geological formation in the earth to its eventual transformation in the fire. My work with ceramics begins with the clay. By using local materials dug from the river bottom and mountainsides of North Carolina, my work gains a connection […]
1. The bride did not arrive in a carriage. 2. Her ride did not turn into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight. 3. She did not run from the ball at the Rockwood Manor or lose a glass slipper on the stairs. 4. Toasts were made and vows exchanged. A community of friends with […]
I love that life is stranger than fiction and that it gives me some good stories to tell, which is why when I saw that the Sunday Scribbling prompt for this weekend was on jobs, I decided to write about my most unusual job. It wasn’t a job that paid much money or furthered a […]
1. The neighborhood dogs are sitting out October … like wallflowers in the corner … they’re overdressed in fur. 2. I love an Indian Summer because it lets me stay in denial about the coming of cold weather a little longer. 3. These days I’ve taken to wearing an orange cat cap with black ears […]
Part 1 of this entry can be found HERE. 1. This is Alder Burnette-Holliday and Abe Gorskey representing Phoenix Hardwoods, the woodworkers who created much of the handmade furniture in the hotel. They’re standing in front of one of their Phoenix Hardwood headboards in the Crooked Road room. I love this photo because I knew […]
1. The Hotel Floyd is an eco-friendly building in downtown Floyd that began construction this past spring and opened on October 1st. The owners wanted to showcase Floyd art, furniture, music, and culture, so they called on local groups and businesses to design fourteen themed rooms. Since the beginning I’ve been working on a Writer’s […]
The first item purchased for the Hotel Floyd Writer’s Suite came from Daniel Bower’s antique shop. An antique wooden desk with a pull down table and various drawers and letter slots became a symbol linking the past with the present. At the start of the hotel construction, a small group of us from The Floyd […]
A collage works in the same way a dream does. It’s a visual snapshot of various symbolic images that can bypass the brain’s process time and convey a lot of information at once. ~ Colleen Redman 1. The above and the following are a few selected photos of my Asheville Potter son’s collage journal. Josh […]
I can’t find my working notebook or an available empty one, so I started this on the back of a used envelope. Now at the keyboard, I’m wearing a bright orange Halloween cat cap with black ears that stick up because having it on helps me to keep my sense of humor. My office has […]
1. When I stumbled upon a flesh colored oyster shell on the campground shower floor, for a few seconds and I thought it was a disembodied ear. 2. No, I don’t bring my camera into the shower. You’ll just have to use your imagination. 3. “Campsites are like rows of motel rooms with the doors […]
AKA: We’re on our Way Home 1. Re-entry 2. Remembering 3. Returning 4. Point of departure Photos: 1. After a leisurely couple of days at the campground, it was hard to adjust to the speed on the drive into Portsmouth to meet up with a colleague of Joe’s. He treated us to an amazing gourmet […]
