I’ve always been a treasure hunter. When I was young and living in Massachusetts, I dug in old backyard dumps for hand blown glass bottles and other finds. I’ve been collecting shells from beaches around the world for about 40 years. Who knew Marco Island was one of the best places in the world to […]
From brim to brim the moon is smiling a Buddha blessing Bursting at the seams _______________________Poets and Storytellers United
I ended my last post by saying, the gulf wasn’t warm enough to swim in and that we’d try again tomorrow. Well we did and it was! See HERE. The fountain of youth. I stayed in for a long time and saw a dolphin that I first thought was a shark because the fin looked […]
1. I call the above picture “The Pied Piper of Sandpiper.” 2. After Tom Petty died, I decided to yell out “Free Fallin” instead of “Free Bird” at concerts. 3. On the way to the beach on Marco Island, we passed a panther crossing road sign. 4. The funniest thing we saw today was when […]
We ran away from the cold and ice. We started with a visit with friends in Venice, Florida where alligators greeted us at their community entrance. The big one is named Goliath. Also at the entrance was an island on a lake where egrets, herons and pelicans roosted in the trees at night. We drove […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 18, 2021- A walking book club? Rambling Readers is more like a walking club whose attendees talk about books, what books they’re reading, which ones they liked and why. Hosted by the Jessie Peterman Library, the club meets twice a month on the 2nd and […]
-January 2021 The day the world fell apart it thawed and violently dropped It snapped and crashed in chunks and loudly broke its wholeness Truth clung like polar bears trying to survive on floating sidewalks with tell-tale cracks While the drone of lies hummed like a generator that we hoped would run out of gas […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 18, 2021 In recent years anonymously placed red signs began to appear in downtown Floyd. The signs bore positive messages, such as “Try Kindness” or “Love Grants Freedom – Fear Takes It Away.” One sign, placed at a worksite, said “Nice Job, Guys.” Dubbed “the […]
1. Ice storm on top of pandemic. THIS was my valentine greeting this year. 2. On Valentine’s Day I got a Covid vaccine shot in my left shoulder and later in the day some acupuncture needles for a sore shoulder in my right. “These ain’t no Cupid’s arrows I’m getting shot with,” I said to […]
Our World Tuesday __________Wordless Wednesday
This is my valentine greeting this year. Ice Storm on Top of the Pandemic Part 2: I Love You ________Our World Tuesday
Start early Don’t leave it to the last minute Pull up a chair and watch what happens Don’t forget to breathe before you stop breathing Don’t leave without saying goodbye ______Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
