In between checking out the paint color in the newly painted Hotel Floyd Writer’s Room and riding up and down Floyd’s windy back roads with my gas tank on empty on the way to visit an artist whose work we want to use in the room, I’ve been harvesting beans, cleaning the dirt off of […]
And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~ Anais Nin 1. Start Here 2. Come in close 3. Watch it change 4. Frame by frame 5. I bet it can make you smile. I’ve always been fascinated […]
1. Clowning around 2. Best land shark singing telegram in town 3. Don’t try this at home 4. The usual suspects 5. Family resemblances 6. Life at the beach is a bowl of cherries 7. Beachcomber Photos: 1. My sister Trish struck up a conversation with a clown while waiting for our friend Nancy and […]
1. When fireworks became illegal in Massachusetts, the people took matters into their own hands. On the night before the 4th of July something akin to The Boston Tea Party takes place up and down beaches of the north and south shores of Boston. 2. Rows of huge bonfires are set. Hordes of people come […]
1. Petal pusher 2. Beach bums 3. Rock on 4. Four eyes Photos: 1. A bee’s nose in a New England beach rose. 2. In New England butts are called bums. 3. It was a good day for building sand castles and playing in the sand yesterday on Nantasket Beach. 4. You’ve heard of putting […]
1. The bride and groom were a vision in their wedding robes of gold, as they read their vows by the Little River in the presence of family and friends. 2. The impressive chocolate raspberry wedding cake was delivered from the back of an SUV. Heads turned as it was being set up, like a […]
AKA: A higher love 1. The adventurous type 2. The grounded one 3. The invitation 4. The answer is yes Post note: This is Joe’s and my favorite tree. We’ve been climbing it on and off for twenty years now. It’s five miles from our house on the Blue Ridge Parkway and is named “The […]
I’ve been known to chase butterflies around my yard with my camera in hand. I’ve staked-out a corner of my porch waiting for indigo buntings to show up at the bird feeder so that I could capture an image of their beauty. As unlikely as it sounds, today I chased down a woman who was […]
1. Contradictions 2. Early sightings 3. Anything absurd 4. or overstated Post note: The following photos were all taken last week during a ride down Bent Mountain and into Roanoke to record THIS essay at WVTF radio station.
The following are construction site outtakes from the kiln shed roof raising that my husband Joe (on the roof) and I took part in at my Asheville potter son Josh’s place this past weekend. 1. The powder room 2. Hood ornament 3. Bucket seats 4. Knight on shiny tractor 5. The end of civilization as […]
1. A new take on Mary Kay? 2. Flocks of Phlox 3. I left my heart at Slaughters Garden Center. 4. My pink sneaker with a view. Post notes: All of the above pictures were taken around Floyd on THIS day.
AKA: The View from my Lawn Chair I may have a carrot cake hangover and sore muscles from dancing non-stop to American Dumpster last night at the Winter Sun, but I’m not ready to kick the bucket. Last night’s wrist band is pretty enough to wear the next day, and it looks pretty good with […]
