We were windswept on a mountain hilltop that we all agreed looked like Ireland. There was a quote by Donovan, a handfasting and Sufi dancing. The wedding benches were handmade by the groom and given as gifts to the musicians whose heartfelt playing and singing brought tears to my eyes. The grapevine arbors and archways […]
Wordless Wednesday
Well, they’ve only been open for little over a month, so it’s no wonder they’re one of the best kept secrets in Floyd. I tried it out yesterday for the first time (got there right before they closed) and found you can fill your spoon at the Fat Spoon with some of the tastiest food […]
Aka: So Many Boyfriends I’m not good at estimating numbers, but Joe thought there were about 300 people at the Chantilly Farm outdoor screening of Geographically Desirable, a romantic comedy that was filmed in D.C. and Floyd. It must have been a sizeable group because when the writer/filmmaker, Mike Kravinsky, stood in front of the […]
At the year end Blue Mountain High School student presentations, Alex used charts to demonstrate his studies on biology and the human anatomy. Talking about the function of the heart, he said, “It’s a common myth that blood is blue when it’s deoxygenated. It’s actually a dark purple and just looks blue through a white […]
Nikki Giovanni has style, not only as a poet and in the way she conducts herself, but in her appearance. In this case, as the guest of honor at the re-launching of the literary art journal Artemis, it was from head to toe. She was sporting some stylish cornrows and shiny blue shoes. I didn’t […]
Acupuncture, carrot cake, putt putt golf and ballroom dancing, all against the backdrop of garden dirt-lined fingers tapping at the keyboard, a browser that kept wanting to crash, a black snake in the chicken coop and a mystery culprit that kept emptying the birdfeeder of every last drop of seed. I really don’t know how […]
First I was captivated by the Captive Eddies when they played Thursday night at Dogtown Roadhouse. Then on Friday Spoon Fight dished up some rockin’ dance tunes. I think of the Captive Eddies as Beatlesque meet Bob Marley. The lead singer even looks like George Harrison (as does his twin brother). On tour, and in-between […]
This was the first time that the Floyd County High School senior prom was held at the Floyd EcoVillage, an elegant venue that includes the Celebration Hall, the Conversation Café and a spacious lobby that looks out onto a pond. It was a masquerade theme with all the fixings. There was even a red carpet, […]
I’ll Take One of Everything Lovebirds Omelets for All Save Some Room for Dessert A Welcome Sight for the After-Brunch Couch Potatoes Waterfalling in Love No Calorie Indulgence Here Post notes: The above photos were taken Sunday at Primland’s Easter Brunch. See last year’s Easter “Thrill of Daffodil and Poetry of Tea” HERE.______________Our World
Joe and I wanted to rename Warbler Road “Waterfall Road” because we didn’t see any warblers on the 13 mile drive (just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Botetourt County), but we did see, and pulled over for, several waterfalls. And we drove past several more. It was a little early in the season […]
The Roanoke Redbuds are worth trip down the mountain and are in bloom now. Throw in pinwheel show and you’ve got a date.
Sometimes when you live in Floyd you forget that Friday is Jamboree night until you go to town for an unrelated reason and see tourists taking pictures of the Farmers Supply. People are walking around with ice cream cones and the strum of fiddles can be heard. You cross the one stoplight intersection to meet […]
There was a good representation of Blue Mountain High School (BMHS) students who traveled from Floyd to attend the Youth Peace Summit in Roanoke on Saturday. The day-long event was hosted by the Plowshare Peace and Justice Center at the Unitarian Universalist Church. Workshops included Singing for Social Change, Conflict Resolution, Yoga and […]
“They are from France,” I imagine myself answering in a Conehead accent if someone asks me how much they cost. Far less than my recent tooth implant but more than my camera is another answer. I like to go into Troika Gallery in downtown Floyd for the good feng shui, the art displays and to […]
I hadn’t been to a horror movie since my teenager days watching B movie axe murders at the Weymouth Drive-in in Massachusetts. But this movie, the House of Good and Evil, was filmed in Floyd and a friend of ours had a key role. It was showing at the historic Grandin Theater, next to Local […]
I wasn’t at the Mardi Gras for more than five minutes before a man in a devil mask asked me if I’d consider selling my soul. “How many tickets is that worth?” I asked. It cost me 2 tickets for a local craft beer on tap. I was really impressed with how cold it was. […]
Jennifer Greene’s study of water began when she was a child playing in mud puddles. Today, as director of the Water Research Institute (WRI) in Blue Hill, Maine, she teaches hands-on workshops that demonstrate the hidden language of water and helps others develop a sense of wonder and respect for it. “Our task is to […]
