"A blog is to a writer what a canvas is to an artist." ~ Colleen Redman

13: That’s the Ticket

tic.jpg1. Where else can you get an ice cream and a massage, take a dance class, go art and craft shopping in an open market, and then sip a micro brew by a garden fountain while listening to live music, all in one day and in one scenic location? ~ A line from the story I wrote about Floydfest Natural Awakenings of Southwest Virginia.
2. I recently walked to the garden to see if any beans were left to harvest for dinner and found myself shouting, “To bean or not to bean. That is the question!”
3. Last night my husband Joe said “C’est la vie” and I thought he said “Say Lovely,” so I said, “Lovely.”
4. My Asheville potter son Josh recently had a chain saw injury and then Joe cut his hand with a machete. Sounds like a Rambo horror show. I, on the other hand (or foot in this case), had my gruesome injury last year. Everyone is fine, by the way.
5. Watch my 14 month old grandson Bryce devour one of those garden beans mentioned in #2 HERE.
6. Whenever I slow down enough to where I’m not ruled by deadlines, a schedule, or commitments to others, I begin to be aware of underlying and subtle sadness that makes me wonder if all my activity isn’t actually a coping mechanism to avoid feeling sad … I think it’s no coincidence that I had a post about cleaning out the cellar one day and then a couple of days later one about a stirring up of a foundational undercurrent of sadness.
7. Today is the first day of Floydfest, our town’s world music festival on the Blue Ridge Parkway, which I wrote about last year in the local paper HERE. I’ll post this year’s story tomorrow, followed by some on site photos of the photogenic festival.
8. My nephews Patrick (13) and Matthew (10) are here with my sister and her husband for Floydfest. Matthew posed for one of my past Thirteen Thursdays HERE. And Patrick and I go way back.
9. I know they will have fun at Floyfest but I’m not sure it will compare to having front row seats to the rocket launching of Endeavour and watching their astronaut uncle go up in space.
10. Flowers remind me of fireworks.
11. Every now and then I wonder what Thomas Paine would think about blogging.
12. My Loose Leaf Notes FloydFest photo album is HERE.
13. And THIS is the soundtrack for today’s Thirteen Thursday, a song from one of my all time favorite albums. too shy to sing along. Bet you can’t not sing along.
More Thirteeners are HERE.

July 23rd, 2009 Colleen Redman Posted in Thirteen Thursdays

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