The following was published in The Floyd Press on January 3, 2008. You know the saying ‘everything under the sun?’ Now you can get Mexican food there. A new restaurant called El Charro recently opened in the lower level of the Winter Sun building on Locust Street in downtown Floyd. El Charro means “the cowboy” […]
I want President Bush to have a dream … like the one that Ebenezer Scrooge had … I want him to be visited by the ghosts of Iraqi children … who cry out “But mankind was your business” A little Bach flower remedy for calming the nerves and some deep breathing was in order. “I’m […]
To the tune of “Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire,” I ask Mara, “Why did you get your haircut?” “I won a haircut.” “In a poetry slam?” “No, I said I WANT a haircut. I won dogs tags in a poetry slam.” Mara’s daughter Kyla, sitting at the next table fixing her doll’s hair, asks, […]
1. My youngest son Dylan and his wife, Alexis, are expecting a baby in May. I can’t seem to say the words grandmother or grandchild yet (my first!), so I’m calling the baby my G-Whiz kid. 2. I told them that I would come down to Roanoke where they live to baby-sit whenever I can. […]
1. Full moon on the Blue Ridge Parkway 2. Yankee Swap Christmas Eve Class Picture 3. Break for recess 4. Two heads are better than one 5. But more is fun
1. Windows draw me in, the warm light they radiate, the sense of being on the outside wanting to be in. 2. A few days before Christmas, Joe and I went window shopping in downtown Floyd. With our shopping already done, it was fun just to enjoy the festive displays and stop and chat with […]
1. The Fog of Christmas 2. Two Redmans 3. The Presentation 4. Deck the Boughs – AKA Tree Branch Feng Shui 5. Santa Wears Red Sox Post Notes: My Christmas memories involve snow and presents — mostly the anticipation of presents. My strongest Christmas memory is standing at the top of the stairs with my […]
Last night while watching The News Hour, I couldn’t take my eyes off Ray Suarez, a PBS senior correspondent. At first I didn’t know why I was drawn to look at him so intently and why I felt soothed when I did. Then I realized that if I shifted my eyes slightly — the way […]
It was a mega game and a record turnout with six players, two boards, two dictionaries, lunch plates, tea cups, score pads and one decked out cappuccino spread out on the two tables put together to make one long one. We drew straws to see which of two teams we would play on. As the […]
1. I have a fantasy poetry troupe called The Beat Mix, a play on the word beatniks. 2. My poem in which a blender figures in prominently is HERE. 3. Santa has a blog HERE. “One Hundred Things About Santa” is HERE. 4. My Asheville potter son, Josh, just got blogged by someone other than […]
The day after my son, Josh, packed up the Home Town Pottery Show pots that had been displayed all over my house, I set up a Christmas card station on one of the newly available table tops. My policy on Christmas cards is that if I’m going to take the time to send one I […]
The following is Part II of “The First Annual Pot Party,” the nickname I gave to my Asheville Potter Son Josh’s recent Hometown Pottery Show, which was held at my house this past weekend. 1. We awoke to what sounded like a war zone. What I first thought was Josh stomping around in one of […]
