I always wondered what that wall of photos of people wearing sombreros in the back of El Charro was all about. Then they brought out a Mexican dessert with a cherry on top, put the sombrero on my head, and snapped. Now I’m one of the photos on the wall. Aging may be bull but […]
My grandson Bryce has passed his first year of life with flying colors. As he’s reached all the normal first year milestones – first smile, first tooth, first step, learning to sit, crawl and walk – we’ve watched with enthusiasm and awe at how much a baby can learn in one year. As much as […]
1. Does Shebang mean the same thing as a kit and caboodle? 2. I recently became interested in the word “Shebang” and looked up its origins and found this: Known to go back at least to year 1862 (Walt Whitman), shebang is suspected to originate from the French word char-a-banc, which was a bus-like wagon […]
~ The following was published in the Lawn and Garden supplement of Community Newspapers of Southwest Virginia in April 2009. Known for its vibrant music and art scene, Floyd County has also been fertile ground for a flourishing of sustainable agriculture. Since the early 1990’s small market growers and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms have […]
Go Green Walk Your Talk Gets Good Gas Mileage
I’ve been having a difficult time trying to find a doctor that I can work with, probably because this (burdock root ready for steaming and tincturing) is my idea of medicine.
Many of the following photos were published in The Floyd Press on May 7, 2009. 1. A busy group at last Saturday’s Floydfest workday. Workers from Floyd, Blacksburg, Radford, Hillsville, and Cana came to exchange their labor for tickets for the July 23-26 Floydfest music festival or for the Floyd Fandango Beer and Wine Fest […]
1. The Vanishing 2. The Loitering 3. The latest Evidence of Spring
1. A year or so ago I would never have guessed that I’d be interviewing and writing about an opera singer, a cheesemaker, a toymaker, and a pool player. It sounds like a jump rope song. 2. One thing I’ve learned about going on interviews for stories is that wearing my reading glasses in a […]
The kiln was our language and we all came to speak it fluently. ~ Josh Copus Recently when talking on the phone to my Asheville potter son Josh, he spoke enthusiastically about watching blades of new grass grow. I thought it was a reference to his stopping to take time to smell the roses and […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press newspaper on April 30, 2009. “But how will my friends know it is me, Barnaby, the old barn?” “Simple,” said the toymaker. “Your boiler and cab are made from the logs that you had when you were a barn, and the roof of your cab is […]
Tu Tu Cute Aroma Amore Come in a Little Closer
