1. Quantum Leap sounds like an oxymoron since quantum refers to the smallest amount of something and leap is a large jump. 2. Joe was out of town on a backpacking trip and there was a science fiction movie playing at the historic Lyric Theater that I wanted to see. I was wishing I had […]
1. We had an early spring and then a freeze this year. Not since 2007 have there been no apples at our favorite hidden apple orchard that we call Eden. 2. “Following an old road path, past the rubble of what was once a house site, my footsteps alarm some roosting birds. They whisk themselves […]
1. Best headline this week: Scientists Found Ripples in Space and Time. And You Have to Buy Groceries.” -Atlantic 2. Hold on to your hat or fly by the seat of your pants? 3. “What would an economic system based not on gold, but on the golden rule look like?” -My Dharmacratic friend Will asks. […]
1. For four full days, we had front row seats hanging with the surfers and sandpipers on Atlantic Beach NC. 2. It was our fourth time vacationing on the south-facing barrier island where you can watch sunsets over the ocean. 3. We practically had the beach to ourselves. The days were warm and sunny, the […]
1. If you want to know me, read Fredrick the mouse by Leo Lionni. 2. I’m never going to have an avatar and am never going to wear stiletto heels. 3. I saw a woman at Floyd Yoga Jam who had two identical wide brim hats on, one on top of the other. I asked […]
1. Freud is like the Old Testament and Jung is like the New Testament. 2. “Two men looked into a pond. Said the one: ‘I see a quantity of mud, a shoe and an old can.’ Said the other: ‘I see all these, but I also see the glorious reflection of the sky.’” via Alan […]
1. The bounce houses at last week’s Floyd Small Town Summer in the park were mostly empty because of this. 2. It was a Snow of Suds Storm. 3. And now I can’t get the song Splish Splash I Was Taking a Bath out of my head, even though it’s as silly as the One-Eyed […]
1. The empty backside of insurance policies makes good printer paper. 2. Quantum Physics is the LSD of science, a real mind blower. 3. Joe to Colleen: Thanks for being so nice to me lately, like for the past 35 years. 4. We watched the meteor shower at 4 a.m. Sunday morning. It was a […]
1. Peek-a-boo or cuckoo? 2. Laugh-In or Hollywood Squares? 3. When it rains, it knocks my corn over. 4. Since my brother and wife have been here, I haven’t been working in the garden, so my fingernails are clean for the first time all summer. 5. Mabry Mill in Floyd County is one of the […]
1. My grandson makes them and lets me name them. So far, we’ve done Liam’s Luau, Dragon Fruit Delight, Cherry Limeade and Grenadine Dream. 2. So many familiar smiling faces. So much dancing! I joked that my Saturday Floydstock wrist band was my Barbie wrist band, so pink! More HERE. 3. Barbie was born in […]
1. Between the New River Bike Trail and Fairy Stone Lake Park, we spent most of the weekend with ‘no signal.’ 2. Dragonflies are the lake’s version of butterflies. 3. I’m always surprised when women wear clothes the same color as their skin, which makes them look naked from a distance. 4. A Sunday ride […]
1. It just means “girl” in Irish Gaelic. 2. Joe had been away for three weeks and is now back home and getting in the swing of things, aka as playing golf at the Country Club. 3. I’ve been calling him a Sultan of Swing because he regularly plays golf. 4. Word Search: We are […]
