-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 11, 2021. More than one Floyd business has closed during the pandemic, but others have opened, some as home-based start-ups, like Elizabeth’s Turkette’s Twine and Pine Fiber Arts, a macramé and basket weaving small business. “The possibilities are endless,” Turkette said about macramé, the art […]
1. We danced to Music Road Company at Dogtown on Saturday. The trio performed a Bob Marley medley for Marley’s birthday, which they called a “mardley.” 2. Walking in the Floyd cemetery with the library’s Rambling Readers (for a story), I noticed that the cemetery looked like a grave subdivision because most of the gravestones […]
Hostage for ransom? The drive-by hold-up of my 5-minute driveway snowman specifically posed for me. Although I’m not a gun enthusiast myself, I think my grandson’s homemade gun arsenal is pretty impressive. As the mother of two sons and now grandmother of two grandsons, I’ve become accustomed to dramatic shooter games and play. And this […]
There’s a poem by Barbara Kingsolver My Mother’s Last 40 Minutes that broke me And I couldn’t walk away like I did while waiting at the bus stop when our dog was hit by a car A few people gathered to figure out what to do The bus to Hingham came and I got on […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 4, 2021. It was the first juggle jam of the year. Led by professional magician, clown, mime and circus arts teacher Geoff Marsh (aka Gypsy Geoff) at the Warren Lineberry Park on Tuesday, the jam drew about 20 Juggle Town club members and friends who […]
1. When Poetry Becomes Dictation: It’s like having an imaginary friend that no one but you believes in. 2. File the below poem under the heading: At least I got a poem out of it. 3. Reading her poetry / is like splashing liniment / on my right shoulder / that is stiff / My […]
Aka: White Out – When roads, fields and sky blend into each other Our World Tuesday / Wordless Wednesday
