A Bundle of Boy
A Handful of Fun Like Father Like Son Rock-a-bye Bliss Baby’s Big Sis ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DADDY DYLAN, MY SON. More HERE. And more photos of my baby’s baby HERE.
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Archive for February, 2011
The Devil is in the Details
The shock has nearly worn off. The news I didn’t want to hear. I’ve followed the human health and environmental devastation caused by uranium mining on tribal lands for a few decades. I’ve written letters to the editor against nuclear power because there is no safe way to store the radioactive waste left behind, toxic […]
13: Red and Ready
1. Years ago a friend gave me a roll of red duct tape because my last name is Redman. 2. An eccentric guy once presented me with a box full of things that were red: dishes and books with the word “red” in the title. 3. I’m the kind of person who was sad when […]
Old Haunts
One of the benefits of writing is that I get to travel around to different parts of the county to do interviews and see things I wouldn’t otherwise see. More playing Wordless Wednesday HERE.
An Inner Life Workshop
A dialogue circle is a microcosm of the larger circles of family, community and world. In circle, we each bring a piece to the woven living art of conversation. But is it the right piece? Is it true? How does my piece affect others? The dialogue circle I belong to is small enough, and the […]
Rag Rugs, Farm Girls and Feeds Sacks
Last week I was on my way to an upstairs meeting room at The Floyd Country Store to interview SustainFloyd director Mike Burton for a story of local foods initiatives when this photo-op stopped me in my tracks. In a five minute stop, I learned that Farm Girls and Feed Sacks had formed in January, […]
Uranium mining: Virginians band together to keep moratorium in place
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on February 2, 2011 About 40 people attended an informational meeting Thursday night at the Floyd Country Store to learn more about an organized campaign to mine uranium in Virginia. Up until now uranium mining in the U.S. has been limited to dry and lightly populated […]
13: Is the Snowman Half Empty or Half Full?
1. Posted on Facebook by my dharmacrat poet friend Will, who coined the term “alter-native” and “moonth” for the word month: “The moment we think we are superior to others, we have it backwards.” 2. The discipline of poetry is in overhearing yourself say difficult truths from which it is impossible to retreat. Poetry is […]
February’s Found Art
More Wordless on Wednesday HERE.
