1. When we were on the beach a couple of weeks ago, a young girl asked Joe if he was Jesus. Then, at Fandango this weekend (mini daylong Floydfest) Joe and I were lying on the grass close together after dancing to a rocking band when a young man came up to us and asked […]
-The following first appeared in the June 16, 2016 issue of The Floyd Press newspaper. It was great weather for performance art at the inaugural Little River Poetry Festival, hosted by Norfolk-based festival co-founders Jack Callan and Judith Stevens. Held along the river, in the field at On the Water Kayaking, the June 10 – […]
Now that your ghost is 65 they want to sell you life insurance Now that you’ve been dead for 15 years the AARP wants to claim you The VA wants a donation for the return address labels from places you don’t live Social Security recommends a supplement plan but only during Open Enrollment It’s time […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
1. Joe and I saw the sculpture above at the Baltimore Museum of Art. I mentioned it being a Rodin and then saw the exhibit label had listed an unknown artist as the creator. “What a rip off,” I said before I went around to the other side of the sculpture and saw another label […]
We made it to the big sandbox where the sand is too hot to walk on without flip flops, where young architects make castles with moats and beach goers plant umbrellas like astronauts plant flags on the moon. In the sandbox you spread your blanket out and set up your chair next to the lifeguard stand. You watch the lifeguards […]
The Dance Parties don’t stop. After dancing with Alice to Follow the Yellow Brick Road at the Baltimore Mobile Community Brick Factory, we were surprised by another dance opportunity. Besides visiting Josh and making bricks at the Community Mobile Brick Factory for future public art, another part of going to Baltimore was to see Joe’s […]
We’re Stronger Together came from a sign that I read at the Mobile Community Brick Factory that my Asheville Potter Son Josh Copus and Marian Glebes are running in Baltimore. When Joe and I visited they were on the lawn at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where Marian has an exhibit in the Imagining Home […]
We’re at the Mobile Community Brick Factory that my Asheville Potter Son Josh Copus and his fellow artist Marian Glebes have been running in communities throughout Baltimore, including at the Baltimore Museum of Art in conjunction with the Imagining Home exhibit, where Marian, BMA artist in residence, has an exhibit. The Brick Factory has moved […]
1. Today I ran over a submarine sandwich in the road and was glad it wasn’t a squirrel. 2. And then we sang THIS. 3. If Hillary wins the presidency and enlists Elizabeth Warren for VP, it will be sort of like Tina Fey and Amy doing the Weekend Update. 4. My new blog motto: […]
– The following first appeared in the Floyd Press on June 2, 2016 The 54th Floyd County High School Graduation took place under blue skies. It was the first time in 23 years that the ceremony was held outside, after the 1993 graduation was interrupted by a rainstorm. In recent years, graduation attendance has outgrown […]
I covered the inaugural Little River Poetry Festival in Floyd this weekend and was completely won over. I’m still feeling the goose bumps and the earth shaking from the featured poet readings. Thanks to all the poets who came and shared their talent with Floyd! Read more about The Little River Poetry Festival HERE and […]
