1. When my Asheville Potter son Josh called on Christmas Eve day, I asked him when he’d arrive in Floyd to celebrate. “I’m leaving soon. I just have a few more things to wrap up,” he told me. “Oh, you mean like literally, as in wrapping presents?” I asked 2. Funny how the word mustache […]
– The following first appeared in the December 24, 2014 issue of The Floyd Press with a larger selection of photos and captions. Winterfest, the Jacksonville Center for the Arts’ longest running event, added a new feature to their 20th annual weekend festival of local arts and crafts. More than 40 local businesses decorated trees for a Festival […]
Skipping stone moon in a tide of evening sky incoming clouds ripple by ________Colleen Redman / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
It felt like we fell into a Christmas wormhole, coming out of the theater after watching the nearly three-hour Science Fiction film, Interstellar, on Christmas evening. I stumbled out of the theater in a surreal haze and saw a crescent dish of a moon hanging low on the horizon, just over a Best Buy sign. […]
Aka: Day in the Life of a Christmas Present We packed up Josh’s new Camry and brought our Christmas to Dylan’s house this year. Because kids make Christmastime all the more fun. And Liam and Bryce sure know how to open a present. I’m not sure if they were wrestling with each other or the […]
Our Christmas Eve Neighborhood Yankee Swap made some records this year. First, it was the smallest attended party that we’ve had since we started doing it, about 20 years ago. Secondly, although there were only nine of us, I had five different presents throughout the swap! There were three first-timers, a plate of No Pipeline/Skull […]
1. “I meant to go downstairs but came upstairs instead,” I said to Joe Sunday morning. Seems these winter days teeter between tending the woodstove in the cellar and working at the computer in the office upstairs. And sometimes I get spun around. 2. Later that day, I posted THIS poem about Winter Solstice and […]
Mary’s halo Oh holy night A wiseman’s moon of guiding light ____________Our World Tuesday / Real Toads / I Heart Macro
The light trickles back through the skinny-waisted squeeze of winter’s hourglass grip ________Colleen Redman____dVerse Poets Pub / Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads
The dishes are from wild clay dug up and wood fired by my Asheville Potter Son. __________Shadow Shot Sunday
Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival recently gave a Holiday Party to thank donors and sponsors of the Floyd-based festival, which brings classical music mentors and academy students together for ensemble and symphony performances each spring. Hosted in the mountaintop home of Lorrie and Doug Mann, the celebration included a spread of holiday refreshments, drinks and […]
1. Only in the country: Some estate homes have lions at either side of the entrance. Here at our humble home, we currently have two hanging deer that Joe just hunted. 2. On Saturday we woke up and asked Siri, “What are the names of Santa’s reindeer?” 3. Then we looked up the Glass-Steagall Act […]
