1. My 4-year old grandson Liam has told some wild tales that sometimes involve imaginary friends. He also makes comments about life that seem beyond his years. When I ask him how he knows what he knows, he says, “God tells me things.” 2. I try to explain to his 7 year old brother Bryce […]
Wordless Wednesday
The moon is slipping away Every year two inches further Giving the earth the cold shoulder Making each day a little longer Every year the earth grows heavier with the weight of space debris with the loss of gravitational pull and the moon’s close affection Like star crossed lovers who’ve been taken for granted who’ve […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on September 3, 2015. There were no performance programs at the Sangita Shakti Ensemble concert hosted by Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival (VBRMF) at the Blue Ridge Center for Chinese Medicine (BRCCM) Saturday August 29th. “I didn’t want you to be distracted, looking to see where […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
1. Liam (4): I got two hearts. I have a heart from nana and a heart from hopa. I have a daddy heart and a mommy heart cause she born me. When I’m happy my heart gets bigger. 2. It’s interesting to me that the letter K looks like a boot and that the word […]
Wordless Wednesday
When we were kids one of our favorite activities was going to the duck pond to feed the ducks with our uncle or our grandfather. While apple picking over the weekend, Joe and I and our grandsons fed the cows. Not because we wanted to but because they followed us through the open field, sometimes […]
I drag my royal blue beach recliner around the yard like a cartoon caveman drags a woman. It’s like a clock that circles the yard, follows the orbit of the sun and tells of my recent whereabouts. It’s a heavy chair, but I have to find just the right spot, open but protected and private, […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
1. I call the above photo “She Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve.” 2. The picture below of my sister Kathy and her husband Ozzie is one of my favorites from my recent week in my hometown, where I was visiting my mom in the nursing home and going to family Labor Day Cook-out. It’s […]
Wordless Wednesday
