1. Advice to young writers: Plug away. Be disciplined and write it down. Listen for the authority of the inner voice that is different than regular thinking. Don’t quit your day job. 2. Each mark is a dream / that tells more than one truth / and believes in the existence / of the next […]
-The following first appeared in the May 24, 2017 issue of The Floyd Press with a larger photo spread. Attendees at the Class of 2017 Graduation fanned themselves with graduation programs in the unseasonably warm May weather. The Graduation Exercises, which opened with a Processional Pomp and Circumstance, were held outside on the high school […]
So we spent Friday in Blacksburg. While Joe was at a counselor training, I hung out at the Virginia Tech Duck Pond and made friends with some quacks. The ones in the above video clip sound more like dogs than ducks. I called them “the twins” because they were they were the only ones of […]
When the golden rule cashes in love doesn’t turn the other cheek It hangs its head in shame Turns over in its grave And no one rests in peace waiting for the meek And no one will be saved when national pride and the almighty dollar are valued above ‘love thy neighbor’ _______Colleen Redman / […]
A Foreshadowing Lost Beauty In Good Company The Only Peony________Sunday Shadow Shot
1. If there’s an umbrella at an event, I’ll find it. In this case the event was Floyd’s 2107 high school graduation. Story and photos coming in the Floyd Press this week. 2. How long will it take for your trash to decompose after you’re gone? Some things you toss in the trash will have […]
___Wordless Wednesday
-The following first appeared in a recent issue of The Floyd Press Tour-goers of Glenanna, the historic home of Sam and Dolly Moore, got a close-up look at its original antique furnishings, pre-blight chestnut floors and a converted gaslight with a wire chain that was used to pull the fixture up and down for lighting. […]
Some stories are like secrets that we gave up for adoption We want to claim our children but have forfeited the right So we wait to be asked by those who want to know We hope for reunion and to feel complete Some stories are like the iris that I discovered as a girl growing […]
I knew attending my friend Gary’s mom’s 100th birthday party would be a good way to celebrate my own birthday too. It was the first time we met, but we were both born on May 17th and so, shared a bond right away. Her name is Laura, and she proudly announced that she was born […]
1. Today I learned that sparrows don’t care who is watching but pretty birds hide from view. 2. I took the photos in this post from inside my birdwatcher’s box that the boys made for me. I can get in and out from the back and there’s a stool inside to sit on. Photos are […]
A poem unwritten is like a dream forgotten that haunts you to remember throughout the day It’s like sugar in a packet opened but not used that sticks to the paper and won’t pour _________Colleen Redman / Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads
