The Art of Poetry– What is poetry? What can and should it do? How and why do poets write? These questions have been stirring up debate since before 19 BC, when the Roman poet Horace responded by publishing his 476-line poem that’s come to be known as “Ars Poetica.” Katherine Chantal and I will be […]
1. I lost my phone at Floydfest twice! On Friday it was returned to Lost and Found in the first 10 minutes! 2. Saturday I was home and it was midnight before I realized I couldn’t find it and it didn’t ring when I called it. 3. It spent the night on the post by […]
I’m taking Floydfest 2026 photos for the Floyd Times, but only about 20 out of my couple of hundred snapshots will be submitted and chosen from, so hence these Floydfest Family Outtakes. Dancing with happy friends at Railroad Earth was one of my first snaps of the day on Thursday and set the stage for […]
Here I am trying to hitch a ride down to the main Floydfest hub. Joe sent a text to our son Josh saying, “Come spread your wings at Floydfest Daydream ’26.” He’s coming on Friday. We enjoyed the flower gardens and natural trail down to the site. First stop before heading down to the main […]
1. Here I am fangirling these talented quilting sisters who I wrote a story about for the Floyd Times. Read more HERE. 2. And here I am, being fangirled in the middle of these mostly young poets who were showing me some love and asked me to pose with them as one of their Little […]
When your book photo looks better than the real thing because you’re late for your own reading… and your first! I was followed by a fabulous foursome. Poets read poems from their phones. Sometimes they hold signs. Paper is still acceptable… and sometimes preferable. Poets have the best t-shirts. It’s not a competition but… We […]
Katherine’s and my poetry reading and workshop at Yoga Jam this year was “Mining the Gold Spending the Treasure,” and we saw how the inner gold accrues interest when shared. We had the most interactive audience since we’ve been doing our duo readings at Yoga Jam and other local venues. There were questions, comments, deep […]
–The Following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 31, 2025 Eleven miles of string lights were added to Floydfest Festival Park at 5826 Floyd Highway North in preparation for the annual festival, held from July 23 to 27. The lights are a fitting addition for 2025 festival’s namesake, Aurora. There are new sidewalks, […]
Playing footsie with my sweet friend Sudha was a Saturday highlight. At one point that day the stages were shut down for a weather alert (no rain came) and people took cover under tents. We had a Nashville songwriter serenader by the name of Jon Black come by. He was very entertaining. Listen HERE. Near […]
Right off the bat, as the say. Everything clicked. We had a frolicking fun time in the VIP stage dancing to the psychedelic reggae originals from our Floyd homeboys in the Father Sun band and meeting up with friends. Zeph Allen, part of the Allen family tribe, played a country reggae song and managed to […]
Sunday at The Little River Poetry Festival is bittersweet because we eventually have to say goodbye to each other and the next festival (June 5 – 7 2026) seems so far away. It’s become a real community, and after 10 years of coming together and sharing our world with each other through our poetry, bonds […]
Saturday started for me at nature’s amphitheater where poets in kayaks read poems that they wrote on their way down the river. A poet’s hope floats came from a poem that one of the poet kayaker read. While they were paddling, Jack led an ekphrastic workshop with two of his paintings (nudes) for us to […]
