Nobody went to school or to work. The drive down the mountain went without a hitch and the new red snow shovel was a big hit. Five-year-old Bryce promptly used it to shovel off the steps from the driveway to the front door. A snow plow whizzed by, and he beamed as we made plans […]
1. There were robots from France, light shows, an aerial performance by Pink, Taylor Swift swinging her head wildly at the piano, a little Beatlemania and a mass wedding of 34 (gay and straight) couples that followed Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ rap performance Same Love, but maybe my favorite Grammy moment of Sunday night was […]
Aka Cold Feet 2. Cold Feet 1 is HERE. Wordless Wednesday
What happens to the poem after the climax? When you have to re-create the romance? When you have to gamble the progress already made? Invite strangers into your innermost space? What happens to the poem that rolls over and goes to sleep? The pretty face that’s gone in the morning? What about the poem […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 23, 2014. Students and the staff at Blue Mountain High School (BMHS) hosted a special program on Martin Luther King Day in honor of King. Middle school students at Blue Mountain Elementary School were invited to attend the event, which was held at the […]
It’s all Downhill from Here Boys Just Wanna Have Fun Taking Flight in Black and White Where Have All the Flowers Gone? _______Shadow Shot Sunday
1. Last night I dreamt that Joe and I were at an auditorium event (something like an author’s reading) and at one point the performer came out in a Santa suit and did a wedding ceremony with a couple on stage and the whole audience. We were being married to prose and, of course, I […]
On a lazy Sunday made for folksingers for beatniks and people that read Carl Sagan I’m fishing for lines in Pandora’s box A pink smartphone set on Cupid’s station I’m looking for wells to throw pennies into or take them out I’m waiting for the part where the harmonica breaks in and Leonard Cohen meets […]
We all let our hair down at Dogtown for Anthony Haynes’ birthday. The party featured the Deer Run Drifters, Spoonfight, a few numbers by Anthony (on the left) and a special belly dance performance. (That’s Anthony’s wife Jessica to his right.) I don’t know if I have ever seen the place that packed with people. […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
Eye See You Two
1. I was excited to watch the Golden Globes show on TV Sunday night, but I kept calling it the Boston Globes. 2. My friends are finally getting the hang of what I do and some even pose for me when we’re out and about and they know I’m going to blog about it. See […]
