1. The RSVP invitation to the family wedding we went to in Massachusetts asked ‘what song would you dance to?’ My first answer was RESPECT by Aretha Franklin. I wasn’t the only one who chose that song, so of course they played it. 2. Number 34 in the 100 Things About Me list on my […]
After going to some fantastic art exhibits at the Hirshhorn in DC, our vacation started at the ocean in Plymouth MA and ended with the ocean at Bethany Beach DE, where Joe’s mother lives. In between there was Karaoke, a wedding, a Swan Boat Ride and a sentimental journey in my home beach town of […]
1. “I feel like an island.” That’s what I said to Joe when we were in Massachusetts and I looked at a picture of the Redman siblings that was taken at our niece’s wedding. 2. We used to be 9 but now we are 6. I was the third oldest before we lost our two […]
. – These are 13 of my favorite photos (one video) from my niece Rachael’s wedding in Massachusetts and the first photo of me and my siblings in order of birth as 6. We used to be 9. I’m the oldest now. ______________Wordless Wednesday
A deepening practice of reflecting and saying more with less was the inspiration behind Katherine Chantal’s new book A Year of Haiku. “I have known of the Japanese poetry from of Haiku, 5-7-5 syllables, for decades, even writing a few occasionally. Often my poems are long, so I gave myself a challenge. Why not distill […]
I didn’t waste anytime ordering a Mayflower IPA made right here in Plymouth and poured in a Red Sox glass by a Jamacian native named Shireen. Later, it was the first time Joe and I had a Bailey’s Colada that matched the first one we had on the island of St. Croix in 1988. It […]
Making Joe. In the Matrix Clone Room Seeing spots Where am I? Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room at the D.C. Hirshhorn is a psychedelic experience. Doors lead into other worlds at Laurie Anderson’s Weather exhibit also at the Hirshhorn. There are doors and there are golden canoes for this kind of travel. I am in […]
1. I have my cake and eat it too. 2. The power went out the day before my birthday, May 16. The power company said the estimated time for it to come on was midnight, so power for my birthday, May 17, alright. 3. It happens every year but this is the first year I […]
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-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 12, 2022. Art admirers were mesmerized by the vibrant colors and swirling textures of Anna Pittman’s alcohol ink art featured in Pitman’s Saturday exhibit at Deer Park Farm’s Shanti Meditation Hall in Pilot. One attendee of the May 7 event asked Pittman how she goes […]
-The following is the poem I wrote and read at my friend Alwyn Moss’s (November 3, 1926 – April 21, 2022) memorial service at the Quaker House in Blacksburg, where there was music, poems and Open Worship sharing and story telling. The second poem I read, First Tree (a gingko) is one of Alwyn’s from […]
Picking a poem for a reading is like playing spin the bottle when you’re 13 years’ old Do you want to be picked? Are you rewarded with a kiss? or happy with your lucky miss? _______Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
