1. Snow looks out of place on a sandy beach and some sand on beaches looks like snow. 2. Sometimes while driving downhill on the winding Blue Ridge Parkway, my car feels like a pin ball falling down the bottom of the game. Then, as if being flicked by a flipper, I’m back climbing up […]
1. Last week my cursor starting typing everything backwards – from right to left. It felt like driving a car around that would only go in reverse. 2. Looking out the window after just waking up, I thought it had snowed before realizing that white tail deer fur was scattered all over the yard compliments […]
1. Today while grocery shopping I learned for the first time what a BOGO Sale was. 2. I never say yes when a grocery bagger asks me if I want to keep my gum or chocolate out of the bag and tries to hand it to me. I’m not that desperate. 3. I also cringe […]
1. HERE’S my new paper shredder. I bet you can’t look at it and not laugh. 2. I left my wrist band from The Kind at the Pine Tavern last weekend on my wrist all weekend because it was pink, an appropriate accessory for Valentine’s Day and a reminder of going out dancing with my […]
1. I woke up early for the drive to Roanoke to baby-sit Bryce. Standing at the sink, filling the tea kettle with water, I thought my neighbor’s barn was on fire. I’m not used to seeing the sunrise. 2. Later in the week Joe went down to baby-sit. While he was there Bryce got a […]
1. THIS is not me. 2. Said to Joe on Saturday: I can’t wait to not watch the Super Bowl. 3. Michael 19 … Steven 21 … John 33 … How ironic that their deaths sound like bible verses … The hearses parked in the halls of the high school recruiting… From “For Eli,” a […]
1. The 2009 Sweetheart Valentine theme is a “Menu of Love” with a new series of candy conversation hearts that say, Honey Bun, Stir my Heart, Top Chef, and Yum Yum. 2. My friends Jayn and Emily and I put the February Museletter (our community newsletter) together on Monday. In honor of Valentine’s Day we […]
1. For me, reading and writing are so intertwined that I can’t read a book without a pen in hand to mark the lines I like, and I can’t write without reading each line out loud to hear how they sound. 2. Whether it is a crescent sliver or gloriously full, we know we are […]
1. Near the Florida border in Georgia, in a rustic whimsical setting, is a Treehouse Hostel that Joe and I just visited. The 130 acres of swampy forest and community reminds me of an Ewok village. 2. Inside a geometric dome wood building is the hostel common room where a wall is decorated with photos […]
1. I’m distracted from writing deadlines by a suitcase in my bedroom that I’ve been slowly filling with flower print warm weather clothes. 2. I’m irritated because it seems like we’ve all been gagged from speaking out in support of the Palestinian people. 3. I found myself watching people in my age category at the […]
1. I played THIS song (another personal anthem of mine from the 60’s) on New Year’s Day and had myself a good cry. I was happy for the song’s ability to reach in deeply and make me remember and feel. 2. I also played THIS (the yin to the yang of the previous song) and […]
1. My blog is like the economy. It seems to be in a recession. Visits and comments, like retail sales, are down from last year. 2. In the evening when I’m upstairs typing on the computer and I even hear “Deal or No Deal” on TV, I have to go down and shut it off […]
