I was thinking maybe I should write a poem about autism since April is National Poetry Month and National Autism Awareness Month, so I stopped for a moment to reflect on what that would look like and realized that I wasn’t up for an angry rant, so I canned the idea. I am so upset […]
1. It’s a wake-up call when your birdseed costs more than any other single item on your grocery list. 2. But maybe getting THESE shots makes it worth it. 3. Speaking of wake-up calls, the ocean takes another big hit. First we had the BP oil spill and now Japan is dumping millions of gallons […]
Wordless
~The following was published in The Floyd Press on April 7, 2011. Jagadisha’s name was given to him by his teacher and means Lord of the Universe. “Every time someone calls my name, it’s a wake-up reminder to think of God,” said the classically trained musician who teaches chanting and nada yoga, the ancient science […]
“The reason people need this is the same reason they need to get out in nature or visit a farm. To reconnect. When people come here, they get to meet the artists; they like that. I’m in here being as real as I can because people are buying a part of my life.” ~ Josh […]
1. Renting movies that are due back the next day is sort of like taking Viagra without knowing if you’ll be in the mood. 2. CNN: Is it possible to have a safe nuclear power plant? Helen Caldicott: No. 3. I have two stories in THIS real page turner. 4. Interactive outer space light show […]
Wordless Wednesday
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on March 31, 2011. About 50 people gathered at Natasha’s Market Café last Saturday for an Evening of Cabaret to benefit the upcoming inaugural season of The National Music Festival (NMF) to be held in Floyd. The cabaret featured performances of classic and comical songs from […]
“Your dancing feels cooler than it looks when you’re in a giant pint glass costume,” said my Asheville potter son Josh who was looking at pictures of himself break-dancing at the Asheville Idiotarod, a 5K race for awesomeness done while pushing a tricked-out shopping cart. Josh is a whiz with foam rubber. He’s a Wedge […]
