Loose Leaf Notes

Cornucopia moon Filling with light Feast on the stars of November

Gary Boyd’s wife Sherry refers to his online blog buddies as “imaginary friends.” For the past few years, I’ve been one of those friends, but I came to life on Friday in downtown Floyd when I met Gary and his wife in person.  They were in the mountains visiting from their home near Houston, Texas, […]

Consonants are the carbohydrates that give language bulk Vowels are like proteins needed in every sentence We burn up verbs and nouns stick to our ribs Adjectives and adverbs add flavor

1. A light bulb is a moon wannabe and lightening is light’s wildlife (or should I say “wildlight”). 2. Best commentary title on the  midterm election seen somewhere online this week: Obama’s 2010 “Shellacking” is Like Bush’s 2006 “Thumping.” 3. Silent and listen are the same word with the letters moved around. 4. I didn’t […]

~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on November 4, 2010 and at the paper’s online site HERE. It’s been more than a year since Floyd’s Blue Mountain School (BMS) announced their new educational philosophy.  In the summer of 2009, after 25 years of being identified as a “parent-run cooperative,” the independent elementary […]

What could be sweeter than to be surprised with a free hour of sleep at a self-care retreat?  Not only that, I had a room of my own and was awakened the morning after the daylight savings time change by a Tibetan bowl being rung outside my door, calling me to meditation. What could be […]

My favorite post-election column title is one by authors Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson: Giving the Keys Back to the Folks Who Crashed the Car. But it’s not just our country’s economy that’s been derailed, got back on the track, and is now set to be pushed off before gaining any momentum. Slow progress made […]

1. Nature’s facelift: a smile 2. Not only do we look better when we smile, we feel better too. Research has shown that smiling relieves stress and triggers hormones in the brain that promote feelings of well-being. 3. Last Thursday after pointing out that a road near me is named Shooting Creek in reference to […]

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~The following was published in The Floyd Press on October 28, 2010 and on their online site HERE. Sisters on the Fly have cast their adventures far and wide, from the mountains of Montana to the beaches of Key West and places beyond and in-between.   Last Thursday a caravan of about 30 sisters landed in […]

Waves of oak and poplar An ocean of October A million paper ships set sail in a race to beat November ~ Colleen Redman