The following is a year end review using Loose Leaf excerpts that were taken from each month of 2023. Click the link if you want to read the post in its entirety or to view accompanying photos. January – We rang in the New Year with a sold-out dance party at Dogtown Roadhouse last night. […]
1. I’m not as interested in what I’m doing with my life as much as how I’m being. 2. Portal or rabbit hole? 3. Is presence the best present? 4. I always stop and look at my niece’s photos on Facebook for their mother, my sister, who can’t because she passed away in 2015. 5. […]
Usually we take a yearly family Christmas picture in front of the tree. This is our family shot this year. We had party one. And party two. Some call it a Dirty Santa gift exchange. Some call it the White Elephant. Joe’s sister called it a Chinese Auction. We call it the Yankee Swap. It’s […]
It was actually a “Never too late to be Grateful” dinner and dancing party hosted by our friend Cheri Baker, the longtime past owner and operator of The Tuggles Gap Restaurant and Inn, who wanted to thank all the people who supported the business over the years. The Tuggles Gap Restaurant and Motel that we […]
1. A version or aversion? 2. A spoof or a goof? 3. Best line heard this week: “You are a temporary localization of infinite consciousness.” – Rupert Spira 4. Joe called me Colleen Dickens when he saw the above outfit that I wore to the town Christmas parade. 5. I wore my wedding dress to […]
Wow! My daughter-in-law gifted me with an early Christmas present, a coveted ticket for Floyd’s own Morgan Wade who was playing a set at the Floyd Country Store. I had tried to get tickets, but they quickly sold out. I was resigned to watch the live stream on the Floyd Country Store TV when I […]
The arts are alive in Floyd. And so are the Christmas Teas. This one was highlighted by a ballet performance by the students of a ballet class offered at The June Bug Center for Arts and Education. They performed an entertaining Nutcracker-inspired dance recital to a full house. Formal holiday attire was encouraged. That’s June […]
1. I always thought “Suite Judy Blue Eyes” was “Sweet Judy Blue Eyes. 2. Kind of how I thought Rainer Maria Rilke might be a woman because of the middle name. 3. Moving through the stages of life and meeting each on its own terms is the supreme art of living — the ultimate test […]
Stripes of first snow Separate winter from fall Highlight and shading Pique like whipped frosting White on color Outlines December Splits in two Like winter half-moons ________Poets and Storytellers United
I first learned about the Christmas Tea at Moonlight Manor B&B when I was taking pictures for the local paper of Floyd Christmas parade and saw the B&B owner riding a float dressed like Mrs. Claus and pouring tea. That got my attention. I spoke to her as her float went by and she told […]
1. Last week was taken up with fighting off a cold that turned into covid and fixing typos on things I posted while on the road and out of town for Thanksgiving. 2. I missed five weeks of playing Scrabble with friends because of a doctor’s appointment, quarantining from a covid exposure, dealing with a […]
