Loose Leaf Notes

I’m covering a Women’s Winter Sojourn Retreat at the Floyd Ecovillage this weekend. These shots are of some art materials (mostly stencils) for a mixed media art workshop taught by Katherine Devine.  More to come… Shadow Shot Sunday

The juncos stand precariously on snow They can’t feel the ground beneath them Their black bodies hop like clipped silhouettes as if they floated to the top from the underworld How long will I live in a house of rooms fretting that that power will go out? Counting the days between my sister’s death and […]

1. I’m reading Patti’s Smith’s new memoir M Train.  I was hooked from the very first line: It’s so hard to write about nothing. 2. After being snowed in for three days, by Sunday I was ready to see the world, and by that I mean more than the mailbox.  See my Snowscape Escapes HERE. […]

Wordless Wednesday

After being snowed in for three days, by Sunday I was ready to see the world, and by that I mean more than the mailbox. After we dug out our car and our neighbor plowed our driveway with his tractor  (Thanks, Leo!), we were good to go.  We took off for a Sunday drive to […]

It rolls across the sky growing in size an icy packed shine in a polar wave of winter Through a flurry of stars in a galaxy drift it plows a far flung path of orbit ______Colleen Redman / Poets United

He’s actually recovering from out-patient foot surgery and those are crutches! These pictures were taken yesterday (Thursday), and things have changed around here since then.  The snow has been falling for hours now and there is no longer any sight of the ground. As of noon today (Friday) this guy is completely covered.  Guess we’ll […]

1. I recently dreamt that I had a tick stuck on the back of my neck. I woke up wondering if a dream tick can be infected with Lyme. 2. While reading blogs last week, I came across the word “empyreal,” which means the highest part of heaven, but which I think makes a good […]

A snow ball that is. The snowball fighters went through a couple of pairs of gloves each. There were teams and alliances. “Put  your  hands up,” Liam ordered. The big boys got into the game in a big way. Going for a fast escape. Going for some revenge! Watch a video clip HERE.  I doubled […]

Slip Tip Trip Flip Watch it ____________Shadow Shot Sunday

_______________ Silver blade in a night ice capade cuts a luminescent figure ________Colleen Redman

1. As a writer, I’m like a crossword puzzle solver who can finish a People Magazine puzzle but never The New York Times. 2. I’m never going to own a gun or cut my hair short. 3. Last week my son Josh wrote from Laos: THIS bamboo bridge only exists for half the year. It […]