1. Joe and I recently watched the movie The Circle, a thriller about a Facebook-type tech giant’s reach into personal privacy. The next day, I discovered that I’d lost some research after I shut the computer down. I dug around for an hour trying unsuccessfully to find it on my computer. Finally, I went online […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 25, 2017 “It’s the best thing that ever came to Hillsville,” said Carl Nester, a Carroll Wellness Center (CWC) member. Nester was in the center’s weight room working-out on a recumbent stepper, a stationary stepper with a back supported seat that the center’s general manager, Greg Hampton […]
Brushed aside Side walk art A tea parlor A flower in winter A man’s best friend A shed abandoned An oracle in the window __________Shadow Shot Sunday / Our World Tuesday
Clouds spill up defying gravity They melt away like chances not taken But some escape and sail like boats beyond the view of our own beliefs __________Colleen Redman / Poets United
1. Now THIS is a holy mackerel! Sunfish actually. 2. Sometimes it’s like writing in school detention / THE GREAT WAY HAS NO IMPEDEMENT / THE GREAT WAY HAS NO IMPEDMENT / 100 times over on the blackboard of my mind… Other times it’s the ultimate education / ONCE YOU PLANT DEEPLY THE LONGING FOR […]
I told her I’d try not to use the term “bad ass” in my write-up for our hometown paper about her new CD, Puppets for My Heart, which she debuted with The Stepbrothers at Dogtown Roadhouse Friday night. I’m still impressed with how she seamlessly rhymes words like strangers and dangerous and how her songs paradoxically give […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 4, 2018. Never Love a Feral Cat: A Tale of Compassion and Coexistence is a new book by Alwyn Moss, a past Floyd County resident, first teacher at Blue Mountain School and widely published writer. Published by Archway Publishing, the book is a memoir that […]
Sometimes it’s like writing in school detention THE GREAT WAY HAS NO IMPEDEMENT THE GREAT WAY HAS NO IMPEDMENT 100 times over on the blackboard of my mind I’ll be restlessly counting and watching the clock IT DOES NOT PICK AND CHOOSE IT DOES NOT PICK AND CHOOSE waiting to escape the confinement my desk […]
I finally found a use for our plastic spinner sled that has no brakes or steering. It’s great for transporting snowman body parts. / Shadow Shot Sunday / Our World Tuesday
Aka: Ice is the new crack 1. Said to Joe on an icy cold night of movie watching while trying to keep the house warm: Watching a movie is like eating cheese, best done at room temperature. 2. Stars are like pinholes in the world’s fabric that make me want to know the light on […]
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Slicing onions like origami doves They fly like souls into the afterlife _______Colleen Redman / Poets United
