Loose Leaf Notes

_____Our World Tuesday  /    Wordless Wednesday

Over the weekend I heard my first peepers, the crocus popped and Joe dug a hole for transplanting some giant lilies. We went to the 30th anniversary celebration of The Kind at the Pine Tavern. The above rousing sing-along conclusion to I Know You Rider about sums up the celebration for the band that is […]

My dad had a drawer by his favorite seat at the kitchen table.  In there, among the jumble of notepads, screwdrivers and knickknacks, he kept a stack of photos that no one else wanted.   He loved to show them off, the outtakes, the rejects, the people caught unaware, the quirky angles and questionable scenes that […]

1. “They only bomb carpets so it’s cool.”  –  Seen on Facebook after the last Republican presidential debate. 2. I still remember the first time I heard Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.  It was read out loud by my kindergarten teacher Mrs. Golden.   I can viscerally recall how tense I was and scared for Peter, […]

A few kidnapped words are holding me hostage My body is a room a poem must escape from But words are suspect like clues left unheard And the longer they wait to make their break the less recognizable sense they make   _____Colleen Redman / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads 

Kings, portals, crowns and zombies. Aliens, quicksand, good guys and bad are all the elements of good story drama. He draws the scenes and dictates the action, and I write the words. Then we read “the book” to others. The tradition started back when I worked in day care in the ‘70s and I’ve been […]

Shadow Shot Sunday

1. Very cool! I was recently featured in a Life of a Poet interview at Poets United HERE.  2. As Bernie and Hillary supporters who kept going back and forth on who we’d support, Joe and I ended up canceling out each other’s votes in Tuesday’s primary election, but somehow one of us voting for Hillary […]