– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on November 25, 2015 Sun filled the main hall for a Ceremonial Day of Gratitude at the Blue Ridge Center for Chinese Medicine (BRCCM) on Saturday November 7. The all day event was open and free to the public and included community singing and dancing, guided […]
1. It’s fitting and ironic that a sign in Ford’s Theatre where Abraham Lincoln was shot says: Guns are prohibited here. 2. After seeing the production of A Christmas Carol at Ford’s Theatre while in D.C. this weekend, I remembered THIS poem I wrote in 2002, just before the U.S. invaded Iraq, which begins: I […]
The first thing I shot when we got to the city was a row of window washers cleaning a building that was part of the D.C. skyline. At the White House, I was stunned to see that peace activist Concepcion Picciotto is still protesting nuclear arms across from the White House. I met her in the […]
My favorite room in the exhibit on WONDER at the Renwick Gallery in D.C. is one by Boston artist Janet Echelman. Her installation creation draws from the maps of energy released during the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and features a woven sculpture and changing lights that, together, create a fantasy sail boating effect. Even the […]
Willow branch weaving by Patrick Dougherty, one of the artists that created room installations expressing WONDER for the re-opening of the Renwick Gallery in D.C. _____Shadow Shot Sunday
1. Giving and forgiving are better than taking and mistaking. 2. Recently seen Facebook post: Having discovered Siri, I asked “her,” Is there a god?” Siri replied, “My policy is the separation of spirit and silicon.” 3. Dancing is my version of going to the gym and smiling about it. 4. A couple of years […]
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Yes, there were traffic jams with clowns in downtown Floyd for the 2015 Christmas Parade. There were also horses and tractors stopping traffic and dancing in the street. The horses with riders and those pulling buggies paraded down the middle of Locust and Main street. There was a birthday cake for Jesus float and another one carrying […]
