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
1. One of my nicknames as a girl was “colly dog,” but I’m actually more of a watchdog because I follow the news like a hound. 2. Some people knit. I thrift shop and then spend hours sewing the clothes I found to make them fit. 3. Looking for shoes on Amazon is like looking […]
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-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 5, 2022. The rainy weather held off for the 3rd annual Mayfaire at the Floyd Center for the Arts on Sunday. The 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. free-to-the-public event featured May Pole dancing with the Mystical Witches dance troupe, kid’s activities, artist vending, live music […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 5, 2022. Seussical Jr. is the Floyd County High School Theater Department’s latest musical production, scheduled to be presented in the school’s auditorium on Friday, May 6 at 6 p.m., Saturday May 7 at 2 p.m. and Sunday May 8 at 2 p.m. Directed by […]
1. Interesting how human fingerprints and tree rings look so similar. 2. And that bullies spell bull and lies. 3. I got #2 from watching Severance, which is like Stepford Wives meets the Matrix or The Good Place gone wrong. 4. Break a leg or shake a leg? 5. “The Devil doesn’t need an advocate.” […]
