The following was published in The Floyd Press on April 1, 2010. “You need only three things for humanitarian clowning,” Ash Devine told a group of Young Actors Co-op (YAC) students, “a twinkle in your eye, a smile on your face, and a willingness to greet.” Devine, a musician from Asheville, North Carolina, who grew […]
Tell me a story of things that smell lovely Jasmine, Patchouli I love you truly Post note: The poem is from my vault of nursery rhymes written in the 70’s – 80’s that I’ve recently been re-writing. The photo is from a Woman’s Wellness Week bookmaking workshop sometime in the early 90’s and is […]
Bryce and his big sister Kaylee came to visit on Saturday while their parents were getting Living Light massages, a February birthday gift that Joe and I gave to Dylan, Bryce’s dad. For six hours we yielded to play in every room in the house, up and down the cellar stairs, at the doll house, […]
The smell of wild onions and dirt over easy is awakening my appetite for spring
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on March 25, 2010. 1. On the evening before the first day of spring, warm weather brought out musicians and music lovers for Floyd’s Friday Night Jamboree and street scene. (Video HERE.) 2. Daryn Burkholder, visiting from Covington, entertained passersby with his singing and playing. Burkholder […]
1. Typos are like ticks. No matter how many times I check for them before posting, the next day I usually find one or two that have stuck. 2. Too many E-mails: Last week I posted that the E on my new keyboard was already worn down to look like an F. This week I’m […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press in February 2010. The warm-up exercises are silly and the class members are giddy, but the proven health benefit of Laughter Yoga is no joke. Studies have shown that laughter can reduce pain, boost cardiac health, strengthen the immune system, elevate the mood, and more. “The […]
And some dark is light and some light is dark.
The poets came out of the woodwork for a Spring Equinox reading at the Black Water Loft coffee house in downtown Floyd Saturday night. Poems about daffodils and wild strawberries were mixed with readings of Hemingway, Jane Hirschfield, and Shakespeare. There was a leftover love poem from February’s Spoken Word that was cancelled because of […]
A parade of motorcycles. A red convertible with the top town. An old time jam in the Country Store alley. A red-nosed clown in town (more on that later).
Students in the lower elementary class at Blue Mountain School painted placemats for the third annual Empty Bowls, a fund-raising event hosted by Plenty! to be held at The Jacksonville Center for the Arts this Sunday from 11 – 1:30. A meal of soup served in hand-thrown pottery bowls (which you get to keep) raises […]
1. A funny thing happened when I changed my blogging platform from Moveable Type to WordPress. After my local web hoster set up the in-house stat counter, I discovered that I had A LOT more (non-commenting) readers than I had previously thought. 2. The compulsion to check my statcounter makes me think of Greek God […]
