There is nothing but sand for miles on Assateague beach, so the people put it to use. We saw so many sandcastles in the first half mile of walking that I began to think that sand castle building is a contagious culture, sort of like keeping up with the Jones’s. Or maybe the people […]
Between the gusting wind, the sudsy surf balls scattering like tumbleweed, the drop-off dune incline down to the shore on one side, and the in-and-out of crashing of surf on the other, Joe and I were nearly bowled over at the beach on Assateague Island National Seashore. Landing from the 6 hour drive from the […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on August 5, 2010 and online HERE. About 60 people gathered at the Winter Sun Hall on Thursday evening for a presentation and public discussion on the environmental impact and health effects of mountaintop removal mining. Following a potluck on the Dogtown Roadhouse porch, local organizer […]
1. I bought an aromatherapy candle and it stinks, which in this case means it has no smell and is useless for what I had in mind. 2. I wish I could wake up and see my life with new eyes every morning in the same way I do when I come home after being […]
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“I want to see them at the Grammys next year or at least on the main stage at Floydfest,” I said to my neighbor Bob Grubel about the Flying A’s who were in town from Austin, Texas for some gigs and a house concert. It was an iconic summer evening of food cooked over a […]
Grasshoppers and crickets are the static of summer a steady drone I can’t pin down They seem to trade rounds like altos and sopranos in a chorus of chatter and hum _______________________________________ Finally a soloist breaks through the crowd The others cheer him on in a rousing language I don’t understand in a clamor of […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on August 5, 2010. An Open Mic at Floydfest’s Children’s Universe was conceived last year when Children’s Universe director Uriel Yard noticed a young musician who was persistently trying to get on stage to perform. She voiced her interest to festival planners about providing a performance […]
1. Its all part of the job: These days I’ve been collecting knock knock jokes for a man with disabilities that I support and playing Uno card games with a young woman who I provide support services to. 2. HERE’s a site that gives knock knock jokes to go with first names. 3. I was […]
Note: The above are a small sampling of my Asheville Potter Son Josh Copus’s collage journal pages. You can read more about his 20 custom made leather bound collage books and view more photos HERE. More playing Wordless Wednesday are HERE
At Sunday’s dialogue circle, my friend Katherine told a story about running into a friend at the library who was carrying a stack of books about birds. “I’m so into birds. I can’t believe I’m going to be birdwatcher this late in life!” the elder woman announced passionately. Bird watching, an antidote for the grief […]
The Path of Least Resistance Footloose And Tickled Pink
