1. I sometimes shop at the Goodwill Thrift Shop in Hunting Hills, Roanoke. I just got my charge card statement for some clothes that I bought there, and it read: Goodwill Hunting. 2. Sufjan Stevens is the Enya of today. 3. HERE is his song Mystery of Love, nominated for an Academy Award. 4. The […]
________Our World Tuesday / Wordless Wednesday
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 22, 2018. Kelley and Logan Tiebout are happy to be back in Floyd. For two years, the owners of the Parkway Grille commuted to Hillsville to run their successful Hardware Grille. Last May, there was a fire at the Hillsville restaurant and it closed due […]
You can’t know when you’re young that some choices are made only once That lived moments recalled don’t live up to their originals They’re like copies of copies of copies with details that blur over time With pages that slip out of order So we stick to the stories we’ve memorized Recite our lives like […]
_________Shadow Shot Sunday
1. “Today I am getting my oil change. I called Jiffy lube to make sure it was open on a Holiday/ President’s Day. The gentleman who answered – said to me, “Yes we are open on all FAKE Holidays!” – my sister Sherry on President’s day in Massachusetts 2. I’ve got a little girl crush […]
________Wordless Wednesday
The Picky Eater and the Freeloader. Wait for it. ______Our World Tuesday
I saw our mother’s face on another woman everything but the eyes as if she was recycled for spare parts as if she had a sister we didn’t know I saw you in a dream living fine without me as if your death was a one-sided loss as if the small place where we drifted […]
_______Shadow Shot Sunday
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 15, 2018 with a variation of photos. The 9th annual Floyd Mardi Gras to benefit Blue Mountain School (BMS) was a celebration to remember. The Mystic Witches dance troupe opened the Saturday night event with a Conga Line Dance up-and-down the aisles of Dogtown Roadhouse. Downstairs […]
1. I read books with a pen in hand to mark the parts I want to save, and I read online with my mouse in hand to cut and paste as I go. 2. I can write in cursive, type without looking and once knew shorthand, but when it comes to emojis, I’m illiterate. 3. […]
