http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go8RqCUnA5Y Post notes: Liam wouldn’t get off the chair. From a distance he was acting tough, but when the chickens got close he shouted “No, No!” You can read my 2005 WVTF radio essay titled “Life in the Rural Fast Lane” HERE. Things sure have changed in seven years since I wrote it. The fast […]
Sunday Shadow Shots from my recent trip to my hometown peninsula in Hull, Massachusetts.
The Golden Ticket benefit concert was a collaboration of Tommy Edwards’ Heart of Virginia, Joe Klein’s Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) and Grace McCutchan of the Black Water Loft coffee house. Conceived of by McCutchan after losing a loved-one to suicide, the goal of the event was to raise awareness about mental health. It featured […]
1. This post began when I was with my sister Kathy for her last chemo treatment and she said ‘why don’t you take a picture of the #13 chemo station for your 13 Thursday?’ 2. The photos posted here sum up the reasons why I traveled 800 miles to Massachusetts in November (and missed THIS […]
Wordless Wednesday
In the Paris of night the moon tilts its beret while the stars wink their way to daybreak _________________________ ~ Colleen Redman dVerse poetry pub
I found out this morning while walking the beach that my boots aren’t waterproof. It happened when I was framing a picture of some gulls in flight and wasn’t looking down at my feet or noticing the pattern of waves coming closer to the shore. I did notice that there are always joggers, dog walkers, […]
We couldn’t believe our ears. An elderly stranger stopped my sister Trish and me at the Nantasket Beach seawall and told us he had a song he wanted to sing. We agreed to hear it, but before he took us by surprise with his “Oh-bama, Oh-bama, how you can love,” refrain, to tune of ‘Oh, […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on November 2, 2012. Floyd Vice-Mayor Ross Miller read from the recent Roanoke Times endorsement of Anthony Flaccavento while introducing the 9th district congressional candidate at a fundraising dinner Sunday night. The dinner took place at Natasha’s Market Café and was hosted by Floyd Democratic Party […]
1. In October leaves fall like rain and every now and then black walnuts drop like hailstones. 2. I like to spell Halloween like this: Halloweeeeeee n. 3. Really? A cupcake ATM machine? HERE. 4. Posted on Facebook by my friend Scott during the height of Hurricane Sandy’s winds: If the answer is blowing in […]
