Loose Leaf Notes

-Watch for a story and photos of the 2021 Floyd Christmas Parade in this week’s Floyd Press. More Clown Stopping Traffic HERE. _Our World Tuesday  / Wordless Wednesday

Thanksgiving takes a little teamwork. Our neighborhood Thanksgivings at Zephyr Farm go back to the late ‘80s. Thanks to the mother Gaia. Thanks for the father sun. Thanks for living in the garden where the mother and father are one. We love our bread. We love our butter. But most of all we love each […]

1. “We are all a thread in the talent tapestry. A snapshot in the cosmic, collective collage.” ― Michele Jennae 2. That’s face painting artist Sally Edelman at Wasena Park in Roanoke working on an art piece that was created collectively for the 540 Culture Fest.  4. Nothing is more powerful than love. 5. Here’s my […]

It’s sounds like a bee buzzing. It can chase you. Or take your picture. It can go fast or slow, high or low. What does the drone know? For good or bad, we’ve come a long way from flying paper airplanes like we did back in the day. ______Our World Tuesday

I was late for the tea party, the last one there, a wonderland setting for poetry and sharing. “You have the magic cup. No one else chose it,” said the host. My eyes widened when I saw the cup and saucer with a royal golden design. That would have been magic enough for me, especially […]

-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on November 18, 2021. Floyd’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7854 and American Legion Post #127 led the annual Veterans Day Parade down Locust Street and Main Street on Sunday. The Floyd County Woman’s Club provided drinks and refreshments for the marching vets from a patriotic themed […]

The moon trances on a balcony of branches a late-night caller attracting admirers Like moths to a flame drawn to its serenade we’re wooed by the moon’s gravitational ways __________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United

1. “This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” Maya Angelou 2. This is the time of year when the leaves leave. The wind sings them down / Like a flight of dying monarchs / They drum to the ground / In a color guard parade. 3. A Pun: Please “Leave” the […]

Aka: I didn’t put it there. __________Wordless Wednesday

_______Our World Tuesday

Our bodies are like maps on dog-eared pages marked by old haunts across sun freckled flesh Stretched with furrowed plots down travel-logged paths where bones bend like branches under the weight of fruitful days Our bodies wane translucent Our veins bulge blue Sharp edges soften and thoughts slow with overuse Until our view turns inward […]

1.  Red zinnia flowers after our first freeze remind me that Christmas is coming. 2.  October ends with a  jackpot of color. By November fallen leaves cover our open acre of green like left-over Halloween candy corn. 3. Garrison Keillor’s Rules for Aging Include: Enumerate your benefits, enjoy inertia, get out of the way, don’t […]