1. Some would call my blog a personal one, but I say it’s all about the news: the news of life, both the inner life and the everyday slice of it. 2. Some days come with everything on it. Others are plain. 3. Speaking of pie, my son Josh’s favorite birthday cake is a blueberry […]
A Blueberry Pie for Joshua Rolling out pie dough into continent shapes first Asia, then Africa I feel my grandmother’s wildness in me navigating rough edges of coastline as I steer the rolling pin like an oar like an antique relic from her “roaring 20s” it rocks back and forth I relive my mother’s frustration […]
Too many castles in the sand Overdrawn and in the hole Going with the flow Hitting rock bottom
I joked with my good friend Rowan (one of my son Dylan’s best friends growing up) that I was routing for the Netherlands’ team because I had a past life in that country. He, whose brother and his family live in Spain, thought differently on the matter. It was my first time at the new […]
~ The following photos appeared in The Floyd Press in June, 2010. Floyd’s Blue Mountain School, the independent school that my sons went to when they were young, had an open house at the end of the school year. Visitors were invited to tour the buildings and teachers were on hand to answer questions. […]
~The following appeared in The Floyd Press on July 8, 2010. A free ride on the Paratrooper was a popular feature at the Floyd Fandango Wine and Beer festival, which took place at the Floydfest site on the Blue Ridge Parkway over the July 4th weekend. Festival goers, many under tents and umbrellas, enjoyed the […]
1. I wonder if my goldfinches are jealous that I’ve moved onto to photographing butterflies. 2. As if playing musical chairs, the butterflies periodically jump from flower to flower and sometimes land on a flower that’s already been taken and someone gets pushed off. 3. Overheard at a porch cookout at my friend Katherine’s house, […]
Shhh… More Wordless Wednesday Photos are HERE. Staircase play in winter HERE.
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press in June of 2010 Congressman Rick Boucher met with members of Floyd’s Coffee Party at the Floyd Country Store on a recent Saturday morning. The meeting preceded a Town Meeting with the Congressman at the Floyd County High School Auditorium. Seeking to be more engaged in […]
A little boy with an Easter basket in our blueberry patch (video HERE). A pony ride with his dad at our town’s July 4th celebration (video HERE.) Popcorn, cotton candy, dancing to bluegrass an adventure in an inflatable moonbounce house (I didn’t know what I was getting into but he was a pro). Video HERE. […]
Happy Hour Redhead Best Dressed Bluest Social Butterflies Playing Musical Chairs Note: Watch the video HERE.
~ The following was published in the spring issue of All About Her, a regional newspaper insert publication. Gibby Waitzkin comes from a family of gardeners, so it’s not surprising that she grew-up to be an artist with a passion for handcrafting paper made from plants she has grown. Waitzkin, a member of Virginia’s Round […]
