1. In the same way I know when the food I’m cooking is done (or burned) by the way it smells I know when the woodstove’s gone out when I get cold. 2. I have psychic connection with my 4 minute boiled eggs in the morning. I never time them but always know when they’re […]
My daughter-in-law left me a Facebook message on Monday saying that our two-year old grandson Bryce woke up in the morning and asked, “Opa come see me?” That was hard to resist, so Opa (my husband Joe) and I set up a play date to take Bryce out for some fun. Once down the mountain, […]
Note: Some of the above photos have been published in the local newspaper. The last photo shows a 1950’s ornament from my childhood. More Wordless on Wednesday are HERE.
My new grandson Liam is a heart throb to his brother’s dreamboat. He likes to be swung in his baby seat with a blanket thrown over the top, giving him some womb-like comfort, I suspect. He’s got a good set of lungs and a knock out smile and will drink mama’s milk from a bottle […]
Stranded at home on Saturday by a truck with a dead battery, I missed the Christmas parade but got two stories nearly written, marinated the last of last year’s venison round steak, and spent all together too much time photographing a cup of tea illuminated by late afternoon sunlight. My son Josh and three of […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press newspaper on December 9, 2010. On December 4th from 2 – 4 p.m. Sam and Dolly Moore hosted the 4th annual Friends of the Library Holiday Tea fundraiser at their home “Glenanna,” which is listed on both the State and National register of Historic Places. Friends […]
1. You know you’re in Floyd when your husband gets thanked for connecting someone to a day’s work with a bag of homegrown garlic and I get thanked for writing a story about a local dancer with a hula hoop she made. 2. A silver-lining to the bad economy? Interestingly, during the worst of the […]
More Wordless Wednesday shots HERE.
Delicate or robust Hinting fruit, nut or flower Every good cup starts with boiling water ________________________ Note: Read more teapoems HERE.
Fresh off a plane ride from Boston (where it hasn’t snowed yet), I stopped at Winterfest at the Jacksonville Center to take some pictures for the local paper, but vendors were closing down early because of the snow and I didn’t even get to see Santa. All fun was not lost though. Ilima Ursomarso surprised […]
Christmas carols at Logan airport are blaring so loudly that the imagined sound of my mother’s whistle calling for assistance is buried in the background. My hands smell of coffee, dried prunes and soap. It’s 9 a.m. and I’ve been up since 4. My mother is fragile and one of my brothers is still drinking. […]
~ The following was published in the November issue of Natural Awakenings of Southwest Virginia magazine For two decades Floyd potter Jayn Avery lived completely off the grid. The country home where she and her partner raised their two daughters was built in 1929 by a local farmer for his bride’s parents. It had no […]
