The last few weeks of my brother’s lives played out like the conclusion of a dramatic Hollywood script, a plot with a twist. The road trip they took, two weeks before the first death, became the beginning of a larger journey, the one in which they would both leave this world. I have decided to […]
We got out for an afternoon hike before Tuesday’s forecast of plummeting temperatures and snow. We weren’t alone. The deer aren’t the only ones who are good at camouflage. There’s more to fall than red and yellow. Stairway to where? December? _____________Our World Tuesday
The view from here with pizza and beer. We ordered the kitchen sink (as in with everything on it) and enjoyed it on our favorite Dogtown Roadhouse couch. I really regret that I didn’t dance to that Lou Reed song.
It’s easy to trip on the mess left behind that piles up like newspapers at a dead person’s door I can’t stand upright amid the unwanted boxes A single light bulb dangles Insulation is exposed It’s like the mind of the house where forgotten thoughts inhabit where outgrown interests are like star crossed sweethearts It’s […]
It was part birthday party, part house concert and part book signing. It was a small gathering of friends at my friend Alwyn’s Blacksburg home to celebrate her 93rd birthday. Amid the chocolate cherry cake, pumpkin pie, cherry garcia ice cream and her cat Cloudy, who wanted to get in the act, was a gift […]
1. So, I wrote a poem with the term “stream of consciousness” in it. Curious, I did some research on its actual meaning and learned it was first used for a literary technique by James Joyce when he put a microphone in his character’s heads and showed how they think. Eventually, I ended on a […]
The last few weeks of my brother’s lives played out like the conclusion of a dramatic Hollywood script, a plot with a twist. The road trip they took, two weeks before the first death, became the beginning of a larger journey, the one in which they would both leave this world. I have decided to […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on October 31, 2019. Close to 100 parishioners and guests attended the Bluemont Presbyterian Church’s 100th year anniversary on Sunday October 20th. The celebration included a dedication to the expansion of the congregation’s fellowship hall, located just behind the church. Along the Blue Ridge Parkway, on the […]
-A version of the following first appeared in The Floyd Press on October 31, 2019. –Whether you took a spooky elevator ride or the stairs up to the Floyd Center for the Arts (FCA) Community Room, you and over 100 kids and their parents had fun at Sunday afternoon’s Halloween Kid Fest. One of the […]
It’s the best therapy in the world, dancing to the Grateful Dead tunes of The Kind. Doing it in Halloween costumes at our long-loved Pine Tavern only adds to the high point experience. And I found out who Yoda was at the Dogtown party the night before! It pays to be persistent. Thumbs up for […]
Out with my Boo @ Dogtown for Halloween! Joe and I weren’t the only butterflies! This one is dancing to DJ Robbie’s mix before Music Road Company hit the stage. Dogtown is known for it’s excellent pizza! And Halloween is known for witches. I offered anyone a free beer if they could figure out who […]
