This should really read: I backtrack, pull over, and run across the street in the drizzle for barns with blue doors. Post note: In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, watch me reading My Grandmother’s Brouge (in an Irish accent) at the Café del Sol Spoken Word Night on St. Patrick’s Day 2007 HERE.
Porcelain pots simmer in a Victorian tea parlor Readers see the future in lingering loose leaves
“It was a good run,” Café del Sol co-owner Frank Walker was recently quoted as saying. His wife Sally (aka The Countess of Coffee) posted her goodbye on their website. For seven years the café has been a Floyd hub and a beautiful downtown second home to many. For six years the writer’s group I […]
Spring’s winning the golden globe I’m done posting photos of snow
The following was published in The Floyd Press on March 4, 2010. Twelve contestants performed at the James Bland Music Contest, hosted by the Floyd County Lions Club at the Jacksonville Community Room on Sunday, February 28th. Although the performance roster was down from previous years – due to school weather cancellations that inhibited student […]
1. This week I interviewed a handmade paper artist and took a tour of her studio and gallery. I learned that papermaking with plant fibers involves growing, harvesting, cooking, pouring, beating and drying. After the interview, I pulled out of her driveway and said to myself, “That was just the harvesting part of writing this […]
1. Morning Stripes 2. Winds of Change (video HERE) 3. A Slippery Slope (video HERE) 4. A Spring Break (video HERE)
20 custom-made leather bound journals, some bulging to a height of half a foot, tell a visual story of a personal evolution. “I don’t think of my life as more interesting than someone else’s but I took the time to record it in an interesting way. The themes are universal,” said 30 year-old Josh Copus, […]
Too small for a coffee shop, but just right for a coffee stop where coffee lovers will soon be able to get freshly ground fair trade coffee beans from around the world, bagged and delivered within 24 hours of roasting. The Red Rooster Coffee Roaster, currently under construction in the back of the noteBooks and […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on March 4, 2010 and on their online site HERE. Asa Pickford was laid-off and snowed-in when he made the decision to join up with an international disaster relief organization bringing aid to victims of January’s catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. “I was ready to help and […]
1. There are two stats I check without fail first thing every morning. Today they were 8:15 and 118. Can you guess what they were? 2. I never had the bride getting married fantasy when I was a girl, but I have fantasized about going to the Academy Awards to see the stars up close. […]
1. Not a Red Flower 2. Cause Winter’s Not Over 3. But Hope Springs Eternal 4. So Pray for Warm Weather Post note: We just got another 4 inches. I’ve lost track of how many snowstorms this winter. More country snow shots are HERE.
