It was a lovely love shared with family and friends in the mountains of Swannanoa North Carolina. Michael and Clary exchanged their vows under the ceremonial chuppah canopy. “With you, I am learning about a deeper kind of love,” Clary shared with Michael. “I was immediately struck by your brightness,” said Michael, remembering their first […]
Haunted yard in Swannanoa NC. I told you my shoes were killing me. He just wanted a back rub. You don’t have to take my head off. Advertisement for Zadies Cafe at the Old Marshall Jail in Marshall NC. On our way to a wedding.
On the drive up to the Blue Ridge Parkway Saddle Overlook, just a few miles from our house, the fall trees lit up like a sunset. I knew it was going to be a good sunset because the clouds in the sky were beautiful. I was late meeting Joe, who rode his bike up, because […]
1. Remodeling – I’m a discombobulated / arrangement of cells / running askew / I need a screw / to tighten my grip / because I’m loose at the hinges / Or maybe I’m under construction / expanding my own dimensions / and I need a level to keep it straight / until the changes […]
Like Zappa singing about dental floss, thus genre-fluid, eclectic rock ensemble played original songs about dust mites, a crab, a deer and a dolphin with a few Grateful Dead tunes thrown into the mix.
Pull the fire alarms Build the arks Don’t suffocate yourself with plastic Don’t shoot black men for traffic violations Don’t take Christmas pictures of your children with AR15s Don’t clear cut the rainforest Don’t sell the farm Stand up for what’s right Don’t fall for a cult and love your neighbor as yourself ______Colleen Redman […]
1. Don’t ghost me. 2. Take me to your banker. 3. Where Have all the Pumpkins Gone? 4. Sadly, this is the first year in about 30 that I haven’t grown my own pumpkins. It’s been harder to grow them in the last few years. I plant the seeds and they germinate fine but then […]
It was a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. And these are some of the neighbors. We rode to the Saddle Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the place of our wedding vows, sunsets and spectacular views. Sometimes I left Joe in the dust and reached the top first because I have an electric bicycle and […]
Gold rush strike in late afternoon A black crow cries out The sun tips its pool on a chatter of trees wading in flooded light A fleet of leaves like paper canoes are whisked upstream by a dash of wind Whispered secrets are shushed away in the hurry of days growing shorter ________Colleen Redman, rewrite […]
1. Irie is Jamaican for Aloha. 2. My motto is that there are two ways to be rich. One is to have a lot of money and things. The other is to have few needs. We have jobs to make money so that we can buy what we need. Mostly what we need is food […]
It was billed as Sky High Reggae in the Park, an extension of our Small Town Summer events, but the temperatures outside dropped and the live music and dancing moved inside Dogtown Roadhouse. That’s where things heated up, starting with Father Sun. Nyo Allen (15) and his father, Music Road Co’s Janiah Allen wrote and […]
This dream is one that leaves a residue that doesn’t wash off like a phantom assault that happened in the dark when no one was watching It’s a dream that leaves an imprint like an unexplained bruise on flesh like a movie that doesn’t exist but found its way under my skin It hints at […]
