AKA – I know the post that should be here, but I haven’t written it yet, so in the meantime, here are some collages to look at. Death by Computer Dancing on Wall Street’s Grave Stop in the Name of Love Trees Don’t Grow on Money Either When I was a girl I had a […]
Eye on Iris Fallen Out of Love A Petticoat of Petals Bleeding Heart
1. I sent Mara and Kyla home with a bag full of garden lettuce when they were here playing Scrabble last week. Later, Mara texted me an email from her new phone saying, “Thanx 4 the lettuce.” I replied “are you alliterating it or just ating it?” 2. To which she texted back “lets see…lettuce […]
~The Following was published in The Floyd Press on June 4, 2009. What do you get when you mix a talentless pop band, four teeny bopper fans, a little sister who gives a mean evil eye, an older one who is a blatant hippie, a greedy producer with a Cojo-like wardrobe, a road manager with […]
The following was published in The Floyd Press newspaper on June 4, 2009 and online HERE. Environmental activist and best selling author Bill McKibben recently spoke at The Floyd Country Store on sustainable local economy. He was hosted by Sustain Floyd, a newly formed citizen group with a mission of protecting and enhancing the natural, […]
Is it in the screech the baby phoebes make when their mother brings food to their nest on the porch rafter? The meditative in and out of a sewing needle, readying seasonal clothes for summer? The silence that lingers between the needle and the pen my husband is writing with on the other side of […]
I thought she came over to play a game of Scrabble but maybe she came to show off what her new Voyager phone could do. She downloaded Loose Leaf Notes and checked my comments, took a picture of me (see below) with the phone, texted it to Facebook and read me the comments it got […]
Being interviewed on WUVT radio reminded me of, but wasn’t as bad as, the time I testified in court. At that time, I had a story to tell and wanted to tell it, but once on the witness stand my mind went blank and I had to count on the lawyer asking me questioning me […]
1. Yesterday’s writer’s cramp is today’s carpal tunnel. 2. Sometimes I like to run my hand across the keyboard like Liberace playing piano. 3. Besides covering two stories, participating in a live radio interview about Bill McKibben’s visit to Floyd, and putting together the Museletter (a Floyd community newsletter) this past weekend, I managed to […]
It turns out that a day in the park with my grandson Bryce was just what the doctor ordered for my recent bout of being over-extended. Following a stroller stroll in the park, we had a picnic on the grass. I call the above picture “Bryce’s lunch hour.” After lunch and with his shirt still […]
I suspect that some of my friends are planning an intervention. I’ve recently had to cancel a few dates with them because I’ve been so busy covering stories, taking pictures and writing, and generally getting so wound up that I have to rest in between each activity and every chance I get. Excitement can be […]
