Loose Leaf Notes

Watch a golf tournament Get an autograph from a dreamboat Get a Bird’s Eye View Tea for two

Cherry blossom branches spill from China vases Assam passion flirts Note: More teapoet poems are HERE.

My favorite part of the woman’s dialogue I belong to is the first few moments when we sit in silence and the chatter and activity of my life falls away. From the silence I arrive with no agenda and drop the baggage of personality and routine.  I’d like to talk about the poetry of spring, […]

~ The following was published in The Floyd Press newspaper on April 8, 2010. Ten people attended a Coffee Party meeting at the Blue Ridge Restaurant in Floyd on a recent Saturday afternoon.  It was the second meeting since the group was formed on March 13. The Coffee Party, which first took root on Facebook […]

1. When it comes to raking my yard, I wish I could just point and click. 2. Times sure have changed. In the past I would have said, “I wish I could twitch like a Bewitched witch and the leaves would be gone.” 3. Last night the bubbles in my New Castle beer made it […]

Notice that there are two sporty red convertibles at my son Dylan’s house.  Like father like son.   ~ More Wordless Wednesday photos are HERE.

Finding the perfect blog theme is like finding a good mate, a needle in a haystack, a perfect pair of pants that actually fit.  When it comes to my blog, I like to keep it simple, nothing too stylized, no flashing lights or soundtrack that sneak up on you, no hard to find links or […]

Purty, purty, purty!  yip, yip, yea!  Sweet, sweet, sweet! Winner, winner, winner! Ch-ch-ch-ching!  The nice weather has brought lots of front porch time where I’ve been listening to a symphony of birds and putting words to their songs, like when my young neighbor Rowan put words to the squeak in my easy chair rocker: Yes, […]

With Joe off leading a teen meditation retreat, the extent of my Easter weekend so far has been taking photos of orchards in the produce section while grocery shopping at Krogers and putting forsythia on the table.  I also sent out two pop-up Easter cards; one to my mother and one to my grandson.  Although […]

~ The following was published in The Floyd Press newspaper on April 1, 2010. Not a country or a new political party, The Republic of Floyd has been more a state of mind, the brainchild of Tom Ryan, a writer of satire, weekend bartender, music event promoter, art agent, and a businessman who approaches business […]

1. A new zoo from Tracie is HERE. 2. An old favorite song of my sister Sherry’s and mine that inspired the above title and came to mind after looking at # 1 HERE. 3. Recently found written in old journal: God is in good and goodness is goddess. Next to it was this: If […]