~The following was published in The Floyd Press on August 23. At the last installment of the town’s 2012 Jubilee celebrations (August 18), children enjoyed free face painting, bounce house jumping, sliding down a giant bounce slide and getting wet in a dunking pool. Random games in-between scheduled activities included an egg race, a three-legged […]
1. Every time I get a wild card while playing UNO THIS song plays in my head. 2. An aesthetic intervention from the pothole gardener: see it HERE. 3. I think it’s interesting that the British use the word “blooming” as a slang injected before nouns to intensify them. 4. Consonants are like carbohydrates that […]
Wordless
The taffeta of terry cloth The royal of blue collar The going to the opera of staying at home It’s the fur coat of bathrobes The full length informal Cinched at the waist with pockets for tissue It’s the latest in evening wear The big teddy towel I’m dreaming of a monogram I’m undressed in […]
Oh my, butterfly Oh my, apple pie The poet tree of poetry. Watch him recite Yeats HERE.
Shadow Shot Sunday
The following is an abbreviated version of the Fun Run Tractor Ride story and photos that were published in The Floyd Press on August 23. The weather was good and spirits were high for the sixth annual Floyd Tractor Fun Run on Saturday. A final count of 115 tractors made for a colorful display as […]
1. Letting go of the gas pump perfectly so you end on a round number, typing your username and password at the speed of light, when batteries are included, when you sneeze and someone says ‘bless you,’ anything on tap. These are some of the 1000 Awesome Things listed in Neil Pasricha’s book of the […]
My brothers live in photo albums They wear Red Sox shirts and eat watermelon in summer They go to casinos and hit the jackpot sing karaoke and drink beer when they want to From exotic places by the ocean they watch girls in bikinis on the beach or go out to concerts and baseball games […]
After Floydfest Pure Gold This is the Way We Roll ________________ Our World Tuesday
It was a colorful parade of antique tractors riding through town on Saturday. The red, green, blue and orange tractors were riding for the 6th annual Floyd Tractor Fun Run fundraiser to benefit localyouth with health challenges. Many of the tractors pulled wagons full of riders who waved to onlookers as they passed. Look for […]
First Day of School: The above are some outtakes from the recent photo spread I did for the local paper of kindergarteners in one of the three county elementary schools. Shadow Shot Sunday
