1. The first thing I said to Joe when I came to after having anesthesia for a medical procedure was “What did Trump do while I was under?” 2. The nurse in the room overheard me and said, “It’s an applecart going downhill that just hasn’t hit the bottom yet.” 3. Mario and Lugi’s nemesis […]
1. THIS is what happens when you drink the kool-aid. 2. Joe and I went to a Cosmic Charlie Grateful Dead tribute band concert at Chantilly Farm over the weekend. I couldn’t decide if it felt like I was at a rave or a gospel church service. 3. For me, going to Grateful Dead concerts […]
1. This is my first time reading a memoir that starts with the author telling her story from before she was born. 2. “Though I was reluctant to be born, I was attracted by the music. I had plans. I was entrusted with carrying voices, songs and stories to grow and release to the world, […]
1. Like a football game is compromised when the weather is bad, I learned that my poem reading game is affected by cold drizzling weather. I was a little off rhythm at the first annual Poetry Slam at Floyd Yoga Jam, but still it was fun to participate. See HERE. 2. The Yoga Jam program […]
1. The contrast between the thistle’s beauty and its untouchable prickliness reminds me of an oxymoron, like “terrible beauty.” 2. Waiting for my doctor in an examination room by myself always makes me feel like I’ve gotten in trouble and am in time-out. 3. Not only that, but I want my blankey cause it’s always […]
1. I can’t believe I walked around the Marshfield Fair – after seeing some chickens in the livestock barn – with two raw eggs in a cup. “Thanks for breakfast,” I said to the 4H leader as we left. 2. It was my first time attending the Fair, which was celebrating its 150th anniversary. It […]
1. My August 12th Facebook Post: Would we give permits and allow child pornographers to march down Main Street? 2. Followed by: Would we say the problem is coming from many sides, as if blaming the children being victimized? 3. Meet some nectar lovers, gold diggers, double dippers and secret admirers HERE. 4. Counterpoint: After […]
1. A kayak is a type of Eskimo light boat, originally made from seal-skins stretched over a wooden frame. The word kayak comes from the Danish kajak and the Greenland Eskimo qayaq and literally means “small boat of skins.” 2. A museum of 4 in the morning: A new website devoted to pop cultural references to […]
1. When Donald Trump looks at a half-filled glass of water, he doesn’t see it half-full or half-empty, he sees his own reflection. 2. When Joe calls me sweet pea, I call him QT. 3. Whenever I say “hammock time” (which we had a lot of at Floydfest), a little voice in the back of […]
1. I ran into my friend Triona at the Farmers Market on Saturday. She, like me, is a roving reporter. She loves to document and knows a good story when she sees one (she took the picture to the left with her iPad). I think journalism is in her future. HERE is the story I […]
1. Question of the week: How do we put a chicken that’s been mauled by a raccoon out of its misery without causing more misery? 2. Best accomplishment of the week: staying at the pool until closing on Sunday. 3. Facebook message from Floydfest folks: Site build is going well. We just installed the rainbow […]
1. Missing: I come across a letter/ It doesn’t matter what she wrote/ Her handwriting is like her thumbprint/ impressed on me/ A nudge/ A comfort/ A love letter lost/ A clue not meant / for solving. 2. “You know how you get a woman to like you? She has to like you.” Fred Stoller […]
