1. Things have finally slowed down enough around here that when Joe asked one night what I was doing the next day, the extent of my answer was: “I’m on a mission to buy broccoli.” (Translation: I need to go grocery shopping.) 2. When I woke up the next morning the first thing I said […]
There are no cell phones on Neverland So, Wendy emails Peter to say that she’s joined a 12-step program and is sewing new curtains for the Darling home nursery “Oh, and by the way bring home some milk and bread for dinner Captain Hook is coming over,” Wendy says Peter wants a divorce but can’t […]
The “other woman” is Wendy She’s co-dependent with Peter She’s passive-aggressive with pirates and sleeps with lost boys She threatens to leave Neverland because Peter won’t be her daddy won’t discipline the children or stop seeing Tiger Lily Wendy won’t live in Peter’s shadow She wants to wear it as her own She professes her […]
Writing is elemental. Once you have tasted its essential life, you cannot turn from it without some deep denial and depression. It would be like turning down water. Water is in your blood. You can’t go without it. ~ Natalie Goldberg When a dark thought or a growing insecurity wakes me in the middle […]
~ The following year review was done by excerpting the first line in one post of each month from last year. You can click on the name of the month for a full accounting. January: Only in Floyd can you be out helping a friend with disabilities collect litter and run into a neighbor who […]
1. On the first day of the New Year my computer said this: 2010/01/01. The big decision was whether to call this New Year “two thousand and ten” or “twenty ten.” 2. Out for the benefit concert for our friend Wolf Cherrix on one of the coldest nights in Virginia history, my friend Jayn and […]
Contemplation steeped in a pool of lavish tea Share a cup of gold Note: Meditate on the video clip HERE.
New Year’s Day 2010: I like a simple life, when a lunch made from scratch and a walk to the mailbox are the highlights of the day. When I’m free to drop what I’m doing to photograph swirling shapes of steam coming off a freshly poured cup of tea illuminated by afternoon sun. I like […]
The babies were cute and the Country Store Christmas stage looked pretty. How could I resist documenting the event? One photograph led to another and soon snapping pictures and videos took precedent over my urge to dance. The turnout was good, the music top notch, the fellowship fun, and the reason we were there was […]
~ The following originally appeared in the December 2009 issue of Natural Awakenings of Southwest Virginia. What happens when two socially conscious people with backgrounds in business meet at a clothing trade show, fall in love, and pool their talents? The answer is Green Label Organic Sustainable Threads, George and Rain Lipson’s family run business […]
Santa heads home with his sleigh A new year is a clean slate In between years on New Year’s Eve No one said it would be easy
