Did they have a Neil Young Tribute just so they could write “Tonight’s the Night” on a poster? Actually, the concert was called “Heart of Gold” and took place Friday night at Dogtown Roadhouse to benefit SustainFloyd, a local environmental group focused on sustainable local economy. The local musicians that came together for the event […]
And they have been for 32 years. It was the anniversary show of The Kind at the Pine Tavern last night and the band’s community of fans came out. I had to peel layers because the show was not in traditional tented pavilion, but in the Pine’s indoor dining room addition, a small space for […]
The Floyd-based band Flirting with Chemicals was the Mardi Gras soundtrack to a lighted hoop show and dancers that included a troupe of Mystic Witches. Here’s what the band’s Facebook page says: “Flirting with Chemicals, Floyd Virginia’s Neo-psychedelic dance band draws inspiration from many sacred sources including Velvet Underground, Neil Young, Yo La Tengo, Guided […]
We were greeted on Christmas Eve by our grand elves with nerf guns. Nerf guns were traded for lightsabers. Luckily, the force was with us and Santa and Christmas prevailed. I call this one Secret Stocking Santa. I call this one Touch Down! Joe and I posed by the tree to prove we were there. […]
Merry Christmas!
Last night I was the featured author at the Hotel Floyd Artists’ & Author’s Reception for the Floyd Center for the Arts. The Center and the Hotel Floyd host work of local artists and authors by rotation. Receptions take place on the 2nd Friday, every other month, from 5-7 p.m. at the Hotel Floyd Along […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on November 2, 2017. The community came out in impressive numbers for the community-themed art opening at the Floyd Center for the Arts on a recent Saturday evening. Arts supporter Rhonda Daiber gazes at a mixed media work by Barbara Gillespie. Gillespie’s piece began with a photo […]
This year I went to the traditional Kind at the Pine Halloween bash as the White Rabbit. Yes, that rabbit. The yearly show is always a reunion of local Dead Heads who dance like the Wild Things and know all the words to every Grateful Dead song that the band plays. There were Oompa Loompas […]
Even if it’s Halloween weekend and I went to a party the night before and have a party to go to the night after, I come out to dance to Richie Ursomarso and whatever Wildlife he puts together on stage. This time, the new addition was Sam Kephart on fiddle, which even got some Dogtown […]
– Outtakes from the Floyd Chamber’s Spooktacular Gala. Look for more photos in an upcoming Floyd Press. – Shadow Shot Sunday
This is what happens when I don’t take pictures. I only have the briefest snapshot to tell the story, in this case, of a post wedding ceremony community party. I didn’t take a picture of the homemade blueberry pie or the wedding cakes display, the new babies, old friends, the dancing, the bride and groom […]
How many can say they’ve actually participated in one of those surprise birthday parties that you see in movies where everyone hides, then jumps out shouting “Happy Birthday” when the person with the birthday arrives unaware? We recently pulled one of those off for our friend Jayn. Yes, we parked in an upper field away […]
Cosmic Charlie set some “fire on the mountain” Saturday night at Chantilly Farm in Floyd. For me, going to Grateful Dead concerts – whether an actual show with Jerry Garcia and the rest or a great tribute band like Cosmic Charlie or The Kind – is something like going to church. There is a following […]
And that’s no fish tale. I’m not surprised that it was mostly Floyd dancers who danced on the grass at the Yoga Jam main stage while Floyd-based band Music Road played Sunday afternoon. We, my peers and I, have watched most of the band members grow-up and grow into excellent musicians. Some of us have […]
Rockport, Massachusetts is a place that’s forever etched in my psyche. Whenever I’m there, I feel like I’ve walked into a timeless painting. The first time I went to Rockport was in the early ’70s with my sister Sherry. It was a foundational experience and a brave endeavor for two girls to hit the road […]
Members of Preserve Floyd (PF) recently urged the Floyd Board of Supervisors (BOS) to adopt a Community Choice Resolution, committing to renewable energy development that would shift the county’s energy sources to 80% renewable by 2030 and 100% by 2050. “After the Great Depression, FDR initiated the New Deal,” said PF speaker Mary Freday, during […]
We dance on dance floors and on grassy knolls. On this occasion, it was Rootstock, a Floyd-style summertime bash that our friend Starroot hosts each year with live music, potluck food from our gardens and dips in the Milky Way pond. It was Starroot’s birthday party, and her children and grandchildren came from Massachusetts and […]
So we spent Friday in Blacksburg. While Joe was at a counselor training, I hung out at the Virginia Tech Duck Pond and made friends with some quacks. The ones in the above video clip sound more like dogs than ducks. I called them “the twins” because they were they were the only ones of […]
