1. One of the most interesting costumes I came across at the annual Halloween Masquerade Ball at the Pine Tavern was a woman with progressive activist stickers and buttons on her clothes. She had a blue glove, which she put on and then waved to me. 2. Is the blue wave the wave of the […]
________Our World Tuesday / Wordless Wednesday
Thursday I went to a Dead Man’s Carnival wedding party at Dogtown Roadhouse where one of the performers did a new take on sawing a girl in half by putting blades in a box she was in (more to come). The next night I was back for a Tom Petty tribute band. I felt it […]
It’s like falling asleep on the subway and missing my stop Like the first day of kindergarten and my mother drives me to school but forgets to tell me she’s going to leave me there and leaves without saying goodbye It’s the first day of kindergarten and everyone but me knows how to write their […]
_________Shadow Shot Sunday
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on October 25, 2018. Renowned fiddle maker Arthur Conner was a special guest on Sunday as part of the Floyd County Historical Society’s “Things Made of Wood” exhibit at the Floyd Museum. The 94-year-old Copper Hill native and his wife Ilene were greeted by a steady […]
1. Over the weekend, I had to phone in my poem to my husband who was driving to New York to lead a retreat. 2. I dreamt I was eating from a traditional Greek buffet. I woke up with reflux. 3. It’s late October, so I drove up to the Blue Ridge Parkway looking for […]
By “peek” I don’t mean “peak” because I don’t think there will any peak foliage days on the Blue Ridge Parkway this year. For whatever reason, the season is late. There is still so much green and many trees have gone from green to grays and browns. There are splashes of color that give me […]
When Joe and I were recently at the new brew pub in town, Buffalo Mountain Brewery, I joked that drinking beer at the pub was going to be my new “practice.” Really, it gets me out of homebody recluse mode and helps to lighten me up. It’s also a great place to meet up with […]
My husband has tools for digging potatoes but I like to use my hands Reaching down deep into the musty dark soil mounded up like swollen bellies I feel around for the curve of their bodies wiggle them loose like teeth Born into my hand without the sharp edge of a shovel more than twins […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on October 18, 2018. It was a sold-out show for opening night of the Floyd Theatre Guild’s production of Jungle Book, a classic story with a positive message of standing strong together. Adapted by Vera Morris from Rudyard Kipling’s stories, the story of a boy raised by […]
1. Like Kanye with MAGA hat and cape? / Like an athlete on steroids? / Like tiger-blooded Charlie Sheen? / Is winning really everything? – Read the rest of my poem “Winning?” HERE. 2. After Kanye’s debacle at the White House last week, NPR came out with a reading of a poem written by Leonard […]
