1. You can see two lighthouses from the beach where my mother lives and the sky in late afternoon is as pink as a baby’s nursery. 2. The sign at the beach pathway entrance says ‘these dunes aren’t made for walking,’ and I can’t read it without thinking of the old Nancy Sinatra song ‘these […]
1. I had the opportunity to use “phase two in which Doris gets her oats” in a sentence on Monday when I met Joe at the Primland Resort pool in between after a massage and before a facial, a birthday treat from Joe. 2. On the drive to Primland, a green sports resort, which is […]
1. I share a birthday with Enya and the Ayatollah Khomeini. 2. It takes a long time to make 62 wishes. 3. For most of our years as friends, my good friend Alwyn would never tell me her age, but once she turned 80, a few years back, she bragged about it to anyone who […]
1. I found a poetry blog I like, Naming Constellations, by Joseph Harker. I especially like Harker’s byline: “My daily writing process: First, I eat breakfast. Then, I mythologize breakfast.” 2. It’s interesting to me that Joseph is a poet with the name Harker and that “hark” means to hear with intention and to call […]
1. We are getting smart faster than we are getting wise, says Fred at Fragments from Floyd. He was referring to the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and the fact that a former Japan ambassador recently warned that reactor #4 is vulnerable to collapse, which would create “a global catastrophe like we have never before […]
1. I love swans and so was very disturbed to learn that a swan recently killed a man. 2. Since the death of Dick Clark and my friend Naomi’s blog post about him, I’ve been watching old Bandstand clips on youtube and remembering how my older sister got me into watching the show after school. […]
1. I was recently at Blue Mountain School documenting Kari Kovick’s early childhood class when I sat in the grass and right there before me sat two pennies (pictured on the left). 2. When I was a girl, loafers had slots in them for pennies, but most people put dimes in the slots in case […]
1. I regret that I didn’t take a picture of me in my purple pants and black patent shoes at Easter Brunch on Sunday. I did get a picture of my friend Rowan on his scooter. 2. Did you know that “Dammit I’m Mad” is spelled backwards is “Dammit I’m Mad.” 3. Facebook comment to […]
1. When it’s Monday morning and my bra is in the kitchen, a dish towel is the bedroom, potatoes are in the living room (waiting to be planted) and my farm eggs are at the Harvest Moon drop off box in town because I forgot to pick them up the day before, you know I […]
1. “I think we’re dealing with two deficits and debts, the financial and the eco-logical. In both cases we’re used to spending much more than we can take it, but it’s far more difficult when you use up your ecological capital because you can’t just make more land or make more clean air and water. […]
1. “The jewel center of interest is the eye within the eye. Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language.” Jack Kerocauc 2. “That’s not writing, it’s typing.” Truman Capote on Jack Kerocauc 3. The E on my computer has worn off from the wear and tear of typing. Its disappearance has spread to […]
1. I just realized that ROMNEY’s last name has the word MONEY right in it. 2. Is THIS a typo or a photoshop prank? 3. Floyd County voted for Ron Paul in the Republic primary but only Paul and Romney were on the ballot. Voter turnout was so low that I couldn’t get a voting […]
