It’s April 16th and the butterfly count is two. Both were yellow swallowtails. The mountain bluebird count is one. The forsythia blooms have come and gone and now I’m waiting for dogwood petals to wax full, like the moon. The sound of an airplane overhead makes me homesick for my Hull, Massachusetts hometown peninsula, where […]
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When you dance, I can really love…. and for those of us who love dancing it was a real LoveFest last night, dancing at the second annual (putting my wish in now) Neil Young Tribute Concert for Climate to benefit SustainFloyd, our local grassroots environmental group. Like last year, a host of friends played on […]
I had my first green beer on St. Patrick’s Day. I also ate green and gold chocolate shamrocks, homemade by Floyd’s Cocoa Mia. We spent Saturday night at the Buffalo Mountain Brewery’s McDaniel’s Tavern with the rest of the Irish loving town and people beyond. A friend greeted me by saying, “Erin Go Bragh.” “What, […]
Everyone who is anyone was spotted As the stage light show spilled on to the dance floor At the 10th annual Mardi Gras “Ball” Puns intended Look for a full spread accounting in an upcoming Floyd Press ______Our World Tuesday
Virginia is for Lovers – one of the most successful marketing slogans in the country – is celebrating its 50 year anniversary this year. 50 years ago my sister Sherry and her boyfriend went camping at Virginia Beach and came home with a Virginia is for Lovers button. I somehow talked her into giving it […]
It was a Dogtown Pisces Dance Party! Our friend Ruth took this video clip of us dancing. THIS might be the Bob Marley song where the Seedpickers changed the words “in the government yard in Trenchtown” to “in a government yard in Dogtown!” And cornmeal porridge changed to pizza “of which I shared with you.” […]
I was in town for grocery shopping this week and the County Sales sign stopped me in my tracks. I’ve lived in Floyd long enough to see the building it hung from change from The Harvest Moon Food Store to noteBooks and The Black Water Loft Coffee House. Some can remember back far enough to […]
That’s true on Valentine’s Day, or if you’re at the Sweet HeART Chocolate Affair, a yearly fundraiser hosted by the Floyd Artists Association for the Floyd County High School Art Department. All the sweets and treats are homemade. Attendees chose between tastings or to-go plates. Pies, cakes and art were auctioned off. Student art was […]
Who’da thunk? A little punk, funk, reggae, psychedelic, electric, authentic, Indie rock would have us dancing without stop for a two-hour set. Thanks to TGRB and Dogtown!
That’s what Joe said to me at the Blue Ridge Story Space that I was covering in January for the local paper. I wasn’t prepared to tell a story, but I had a good one to share that I made fit the month’s theme of “beginnings.” In the middle of my mystical story of my […]
Once there was this kid who / Got into an accident and couldn’t come to school / But when he finally came back / His hair had turned from black into bright white… Have you guessed yet? The Crash Test Dummies are on tour for the 25th anniversary of their award-winning album God Shuffled His […]
As promised in press releases, Floyd’s 2nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration was a beautiful community celebration that brought together an outpouring of support and participation from local businesses, organizations, churches, restaurants and individuals. Hosted by The Heart of the Child Music Education and Preserve Floyd, the event highlighted the Interracial Community Building in […]
If ice is a fool’s diamond, then I am a fool because I’m attracted to all that glitters. Ice crystallizes the power of water, which is more valuable than any cut gem. It can give or take life. My footsteps loudly crunch on the top layer of ice and echo through the countryside. A walk […]
Cause in Floyd, we got plenty of sparkle and glitter, and good friends to ring the New Year in with, all in the comfort of the Dogtown Roadhouse. We got two of my favorite local bands playing on stage, including The Kind who got things started. One highlight of their rocking set was when special guest […]
That’s a wrap for the family Christmas Eve gift exchange, the yearly Christmas album cover shoot and the neighborhood Cookies and Kahlua Party, dubbed as “Everyone’s Already Talking About It.” There was an overflow of party goers (including some from Maine and Spain) and a record amount of kids, so our grandsons, Bryce and Liam, […]
I wait all year to see Santa, and when I see him at our town Christmas Parade, I chase his float down the street trying to get a picture or at least a longer look. But his sleigh just seems to fly right by. Look for a photo spread in this week’s Floyd Press to […]
We can always count on Dogtown Roadhouse to bring good bands to Floyd for those of us who go to the dance floor instead of the gym. I always check Dogtown’s upcoming band list and then listen to a couple of tracks of the bands I think I might like. But when it comes to […]
