~ The following was published in The Floyd Press newspaper on April 26, 2011. If the Bell Gallery is “quite possibly the nicest little shop,” as the tagline at the front entrance reads, then the garden behind the shop is “quite possibly the best little hidden garden” in town. An oasis of flowering shrubs and […]
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~ The following appeared in The Floyd Press on April 14, 2011 Floyd County is known for its vibrant music and art scene. It’s also been fertile ground to a flourishing of sustainable agriculture, which has recently been gaining recognition. Since the early 1990’s small market growers and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms have been […]
1. On mother’ Day I received a virtual greeting from my son Josh in Tasmania, Australia. He posted a photo on my Facebook wall of a message he wrote in the sand on a beach there. It said Hi Mum. 2. He also posted a picture of him interacting with a Tasmanian wombat, which is […]
The story written on the walls of our soul is intended to be lived out as the great experiment of each life. ~ Michael Meade If I was the kind of person to have a guru, Michael Meade would be it. After spending three hours at his Maryland lecture on Fate and Destiny and eight […]
Wordless Around D.C.
This is the view from the porch swing I’m swinging on, on the porch of a friend in D.C., after participating in a daylong intensive workshop on the Initiated Soul by Micheal Meade. I am in the shade but am being invited into the sun. I’m not quite ready, though, because I’m using the chair, not to sit on, but […]
I want to write a poem that doesn’t feel like homework or look like a grocery list/one I can float down the river for my friend Mara’s birthday and trust it knows its way to the ocean ~ From The Cheap Therapy Poem You’ve heard of patty cakes? My poet friend Mara had poet cakes […]
1. I know I’m co-dependent with the birds when I go out the cellar door rather than the front door so I won’t disturb them nesting and eating at the feeder. 2. I left Roanoke after babysitting baby Liam and Bryce on Wednesday with dried baby biscuit goop up and down my pants and purple […]
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The Sixteen Hands Studio Tour, whether taking it or hosting it, is a great way to meet interesting people. As one of the stops on the tour, having our house open all weekend is kind of like having an all weekend party. For tour-goers, it’s fun to see the potter’s studios in their country home […]
Our first tour-goers for the Sixteen Hands Artisan Tour came on Friday, the day before the start of the tour. It was a small group from a ceramics class being taught at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts. Local potter Sarah McCarthy came up on the front porch and called out my name. She was […]
