1. Is chagrin the opposite of grin? 2. I only have one key on my key chain. I think that says a lot about my lifestyle. 3. It’s that time of year again. We’ll not really. There are fires and droughts in California, record breaking heat in the Southwest and other severe weather events consistently […]
1. My brothers had these cardboard brick blocks when we were growing up. I got them for my sons and now for my grandsons because they provide endless open ended fun. In just one hour Bryce and Liam built a Five Nights at Freddie’s Pizza Parlor, a race track, robots and even a keyboard and […]
1. Does Donald Trump think the whole world is a reality show for ratings? 2. A Facebook friend recently posted a picture of a deer with the caption “2 buck in the parking lot,” to which I commented, “Do you have change for a 20?” 3. The city of Melbourne assigned trees email addresses so […]
1. The more I don’t go anywhere, the more I buy clothes at the thrift shop that I have nowhere to wear them to. The more clothes I acquire, the more I wear the same thing (house clothes) everyday. 2. Joe and I walked through the Blue Ridge Parkway bush on Saturday to check out […]
1. My life right now is like my garden with everything coming in one after the other or all at once, a beach vacation, Floydfest, a birthday pond party, a moonlight canoe cruise, a blessingway for a young mother, harvesting food and a few full days with the grand kids. 2. Bryce (7) in the […]
1. You don’t need to rub two sticks together to start a fire at Floydfest. There were fired-up performances, fire dancers, fireworks and the ritual performance lighting of an 18 foot wooden phoenix at this year’s 14th festival, rightly named Fire on the Mountain. See some photos HERE. 2. You know it’s Floydfest weekend when […]
1. Imagine if you had to measure your height against an amusement park ride chart to see if you were tall enough to read THIS poem. 2. A flea takes off from my runway desk / How do I know it’s not working for Delta / with little flea passengers buckled up inside / booked for […]
1. Who ever thought at my age that I’d be researching the Top Ten Mortal Kombat fighters (with my grandson)? 2. My son Josh had a birthday last week, which made me think of this nursery rhyme that I wrote for him when he was little boy: Joshua Johnny loved him mommy more than apricots […]
1. I like to name the fireworks. In years past, I’ve named them Bling Bling, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Electric Koolaid Acid Blot Test, Mary Poppin’s Umbrella and Tinkerbell’s Migraine. This year’s series included Short Circuit Circus, Christmas on Mars, An Octopus’s Garden, Ferris Bueller’s Ferris Wheel, New Year’s Eve Fairy Party and […]
1. So the car air conditioning quit and the heat was brutal on the drive to Asheville from Charleston via Folly Beach. We stopped at a gas station to cool down and got cold drinks in the adjacent McDonalds. That’s where Joe and I watched Obama on TV sing Amazing Grace at the Charleston funeral […]
1. At Folly Beach we eat seafood off Frisbees and dig to China on the beach. 2. My son Dylan posted on Facebook a few days before we left for the trip: Dear beach, I miss you!! But I’m glad we have a date for some drinks this weekend. You’re beautiful and I can’t wait […]
1. Coming into town for the Annabelle’s Curse show at Dogtown Roadhouse Friday night, and after spending the day in the garden and tending to chickens, I felt like I had landed in a different country and had to deal with jet lag. It was the start of the Crooked Road’s weeklong Mountains of Music […]
