Loose Leaf Notes

Low cut moon flaunting fullness Everyone’s favorite sky centerfold _________   Colleen Redman / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads  

It was actually a barn building, a workday and Copus family reunion at my son Josh’s property outside of Asheville, NC.  He could give a better narration of what these construction photos show.  What I saw was the generosity of many hands, family coming together from across the miles, bonds rekindled and new memories made. […]

Shadow Shot Sunday

1. At Folly Beach we eat seafood off Frisbees and dig to China on the beach. 2. My son Dylan posted on Facebook a few days before we left for the trip: Dear beach, I miss you!! But I’m glad we have a date for some drinks this weekend. You’re beautiful and I can’t wait […]

  ___________Our World Tuesday  / Wordless Wednesday

Shadow Shot Sunday

I’ve been following John Mellencamp since he was John Cougar and MTV was actually good.  Mellencamp was born on the same day, month and year as my brother Danny, who died in 2001. Danny, who looked like Mellencamp and had some of the same mannerisms, was a big fan.  In 1998,  he turned me on […]

1. Coming into town for the Annabelle’s Curse show at Dogtown Roadhouse Friday night, and after spending the day in the garden and tending to chickens, I felt like I had landed in a different country and had to deal with jet lag. It was the start of the Crooked Road’s weeklong Mountains of Music […]

Curved bow of light in the romance of night Shooting stars carry torches Affections burn bright ________Colleen Redman / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads

I call them “my little fishes.”  Liam said Bryce was a hog fish that eats pancakes.  Stinging jellyfish, lobster claws and octopus were regularly after Hopa Joe. Bryce floated on a pool noodle ship that Liam said looked like a tail.  Liam, who didn’t have his floaty vest, gauged his comfort in the water from […]

My sisters passed the phone around the community room and took pictures of me on it. I also took pictures of them. I couldn’t get my mom lined up very good. It looks like I got right into my brother Bobby’s head. This is my mother being surprised.  She got sick in December and ended […]

And this is how much fun we have in Floyd. The band was Annabelle’s Curse, headlining the start of the Crooked Road’s week of Mountains of Music Homecoming in Floyd and our town’s 3-day Artisan Trail Studio Tour.  It was also Friday Night Jamboree and the streets and music venues were packed for the festivities. Building […]