Last week Blue Mountain High School students gave their end of the semester Independent Studies presentations. The presentations ranged from a report on a muffin baking business to a presentation on Ancient Egypt, complete with a handmade paper mache mummy and pyramid. A report on local recycling efforts that included a description of an organized […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
Yesterday, while waiting for my Rapini Salsiccia takeout at Mickey G’s, I went in one of our town’s two dollar stores. (I can never get their names straight.) I don’t tend to buy a lot of Christmas paraphernalia, but I’m sucker for Christmas cards, and I’m always on the lookout for at least one new […]
1. You would think that the word window would have something to do with the wind, and you’d be right. Window comes from the Norse for “the wind’s eye.” See some windows of opportunity HERE. 2. Presents or gifts? The word present originally meant the same as the adjective present, “being there.” It was used […]
Post notes: While covering the Blue Mountain Elementary School’s recent Growing Pains Campaign/Room Naming Ceremony for an upcoming Floyd Press story, I was struck by the school’s vibrant community of sharing and learning. I was drawn to the light filled spaces that reflected the blending of academics and creative expression, warmed by the bonds between […]
Laidback moon Basking in black A night sunbather that burns in the dark ______________Colleen Redman______dVerse Poets Pub
It might be more appropriate to ask, what ever happened to his followers, like me and the rest of Floyd’s alternative community who listened religiously to his (mostly social justice) folk music in the late 80’s and throughout the 90’s. We stopped for some reason. But I should speak for myself because his most recent […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
1. On at least one recent occasion, I left the house with a hen’s egg in my coat pocket that later broke. 2. It’s only a matter of time before I splash tea on the front of my latest white shirt, burn a second pot of rice on the stove, discover that my sweat pants […]
______Wordless Wednesday
Perpetual flame from ember to blaze A damped down light fires up bright in the belly of a cast iron night _________Colleen Redman_____dVerse Poets Pub
~ The following first appeared (with a larger spread of photos) in The Floyd Press on November 27, 2013 The line to meet award-winning author Wendell Berry snaked through two rooms at the Floyd EcoVillage on Friday afternoon. Berry, an environmental activist and Kentucky farmer whose writings focus on rural agriculture and community, was in […]
