1. mummy or mommy? 2. They work like dogs for dogs – A thought after meeting local Humane Society volunteers while attending a fundraiser for a Floyd Press news story. 3. Stumbling blocks or stepping stones? – A thought after talking with a member of one of Bob Childress’s stone churches for an upcoming story. […]
Following the posting of THIS poem about my sister’s death in 2015, I received a few comments on this blog and on Facebook asking about my brothers Jim and Dan’s back to back deaths, which happened in 2001. I actually wrote a book about it that was used for years in a Radford University grief […]
Guess where I went over the weekend? Put on your green glasses and come see the Emerald City in the second weekend showing of Oz! The Musical, performed by our talented young actors from the Floyd Community Theater Guild at The June Bug Center, Friday and Saturday at 7:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00. Look […]
You separate the dark and light clothes I wash them all together I don’t scrape the carrots before I add them to soup We both don’t like talking on the phone When I wrote about you in my pink ponytail diary I called you “the bigshot” I was ten with pipedreams and baby fat wanting […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on October 10, 2019. Charley Coleman doesn’t feel like he’s 80, but the artist, triathlon runner, house renovator and antiquer recently blew out 80 candles surrounded by family and friends. Coleman’s private birthday party took place at the historic Epperly Mill, where his Presidio Art Gallery for […]
1. Scrabble is the “Can’t Build a Better Mousetrap” of games. 2. White hair is the new platinum blonde. 3. I write like I play Scrabble: Those first few plays should be good ones because they set the tone of the game in the same way the first few sentences set up a story. […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on October 3, 2019 with a smaller selection of photos. About 50 people holding flags and banners gathered at the Floyd post office in preparation for the annual Floyd Pride Parade, organized by Floyd PFLAG, a local chapter group that promotes advocacy, education and support for LGBTQ […]
This is how we celebrate Liam’s October birthday. This light projector really appealed to the DJ in Liam. He gave some fortune telling readings. “Your grandson will be rich,” he told Hopa Joe. Look, his new glow-in-the-dark skeleton shirt fits me! “Where’s the apple crisp?” he asked, knowing that Joe and I had gone apple […]
One by one, the monarchs are passing like hikers on the Appalachian Trail Like tourists waving goodbye to admirers on their way to the next town They fly by like models down a runway flashing their high fashion style In a fall show marking summer’s close they sail the wild blue as they go __________Colleen […]
1. Dreaming is sort of like a religion to me because unlike ancient religious tenant or New Age spiritual bypass, dreams are direct and have no platitudes. 2. If dreaming is the religion than writing poetry is the practice. 3. I probably like dreaming so much because I like can’t handle mind-altering substances of any […]
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