Flame
Every day is a wish on a lit candle that we have to blow out in the end Every star that flickers in a dark night burns on faith during the day
Every day is a wish on a lit candle that we have to blow out in the end Every star that flickers in a dark night burns on faith during the day
– The following appeared in The Floyd Press on December 26, 2013. Blue Mountain Elementary School (BMS) recently conducted one of its best fundraisers yet. The fundraiser concluded on Tuesday, December 3, with a combined Thankful Celebration and a Room Naming Ceremony, with naming rights awarded in memory of deceased individuals whose family and friends […]
Watch Men at Work HERE. __________Shadow Shot Sunday
1. Recently seen headline, “The war on Christmas is over and we won.” 2. A bow tie is a boy’s version of a bow. 3. When I read that the word twerk was a combination of twitch and jerk, I was reminded that when my son Dylan was little he made up the word huggle, […]
Wordless Wednesday
At a Christmas cookie party last weekend, I ran into a young Floyd friend who lives and works in New York City. He, an artist who has designed sets, software and office spaces, learned most everything he knows about design from Lego construction. My memory may have exaggerated that he built his bed out of […]
“Are you working on something creative now?” the psychic asked me. “Yes,” I answered. “Good. Many people don’t live out their creativity; you are. You have good focus but also some residual persecution issues, and so you may have some trouble with follow-through,” she said. She wasn’t telling me anything new. “It’s very important that […]
Coming from the North Pole, he knows how to chill. When my chickens first saw him, they went running like a bunch of crying two year-olds. Two down … Not tonight, dear. I still have a headache. Shadow Shot Sunday
~ The following appeared in the December 19, 2013 issue of The Floyd Press Rhonda Withington of the Mischievous Carrot shows off her bags, felted ornaments and other handmade and re-purposed gifts. Withington was one of more than 30 vendors at Jacksonville Center’s 19th Annual Winterfest Arts and Crafts Festival, featuring local handcrafted works, live […]
1. According to my friend Jamie, if I blog about you, you can say “Hey, I’ve just been loose leaf noted.” 2. What do Elvis, Sheryl Crow and Porky Pig have in common? Click on THIS, THIS and THIS for the answer. 3. Speaking of blue, I learned about Slender Man and “What does the […]
Wordless Wednesday
Like cracking the husk of a black walnut to get to the meat Food for the winter with the edge of a hammer I’m stained with poem making I’m hungry for more ________________Colleen Redman