1. “Most peculiar, Mama is my new answer for most everything. 2. I was on the phone with my son Josh and said to him, “These are strange days,” to which he answered, “Most peculiar, Mama.” It made my day and I’ve been saying it ever since. 3. I’m starting to need a flashlight to […]
It was another Sunday at the local Pub Hub, aka The Buffalo Mountain Brewery. The Pub Hub Club this week was a group of hikers who had, fittingly, just come down off the Buffalo Mountain, the highest peak in the county. I went to to hear my friend and neighbor Bob Grubel play some tunes […]
1. Best sign seen at President’s Day protest: Musk is a rat. Call 911 immediately. 2. “A serial liar with a mighty propaganda machine working overtime for him has convinced half the country that up is down, that honor is venality, and that integrity is just a ruse for suckers who believe all that garbage […]
My friend Kamala and I signed up. We went to add our voices to the writing on the wall. The backdrop was a Trump merchandise store in Christiansburg, complete with propaganda filled billboards. Someone counted 50 protesters. There were five anti-protestors when we got there. As an adult I’ve not been much of an organized […]
Joe drove me down Bent Mountain yesterday for a medical procedure in Roanoke that was already rescheduled once and it would be months to get another one. It’s a good thing he brought his chainsaw! The main roads were plowed but the ice weighed down trees, and when the temperature rose and the ice started […]
1. Writing poetry is like chink, chink, chink, not like cha’ ching. 2. I like tried and true over new and improved. 3. I call this “Finding Orion’s Belt on My Leg.” 4. And THIS is a 2011 News to Me post. 5. During the terribly misguided Iraq war, I wrote commentaries for The Roanoke […]
After a 10-year hiatus (and a slight change in line-up), our loved local band The Deer Run Drifters are back on stage. I had seen them back in the day at Dogtown Roadhouse and on the main stage at Yoga Jam. They also played Floydfest in 2014 but I missed that. The nice thing about […]
1. Being in a dream group is a great way to really get to know someone. Dreams are not about small talk or egos. 2. My rating scale for movies: Memorable, Forgettable, Regrettable. 3. Brooke Shields has said she deals with aging with Lotions and Potions. Joe says he needs Projects and Objects. 4. Mine […]
I missed The Kind’s 39th anniversary bash Friday night at Parkway Brewing, but in a gestalt move I caught the Grateful Dad’s at the Buffalo Mountain Brewery Saturday Night. Their more official name is T H C and Friends. There are three Wills in the band. I suggested they call the band The Traveling Wills. […]
