Loose Leaf Notes

1. Friends were surprised last week that I was actually answering my phone and not letting the answering machine pick up as I usually do. I had good reason. My grandson Liam was about to be born. 2. Liam was born the day after (by 42 minutes) my brother Danny’s birthday (Dan died in 2001) […]

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I didn’t know either until my Asheville potter son Josh, who just got back from a multi-country trip to Europe presenting at woodfiring conferences, told me he was invited to go there next year to work with a potter and be a presenter at the next year’s conference, to be held in Tasmania. “Are there […]

Confucius believed that all wisdom came from learning to call things by the right name. I’m all for naming who you are and what it is you do. That’s part of making it come true.  ~ Colleen Redman I bought my first camera in Jackson Square, Weymouth, Massachusetts, when I was 18 years old.  Before […]

Liam Patrick was born on October 8th, 2010.  Mother and father (Alexis and Dylan),  big sister Kaylee, big brother Bryce, and Liam are all doing fine. Video clip HERE.

~The following was originally published in Natural Awakenings of Southwest Virginia In the 10 years that Blue Ridge Tree Climbing instructor Bob Wray has been climbing trees on his 40 acre Blue Ridge Parkway property, he hasn’t run out of new trees to climb or the enthusiasm for teaching others how to do it. “We […]

1. I think I’ve got a little vampire in me because I really like to kiss Joe on the neck, right on the carotid artery, the place where you check for a pulse when you’re giving CPR. 2. When Joe and I first got together in 1987 I had a hard time saying “I love […]

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They were supposed to be Dawn of the Buffalo but somebody heard it wrong.  Twenty-one years later Donna the Buffalo are a well heard band with a country-wide fan base of followers called “the herd.”  A favorite at Floydfest,  they played to a full house at the Sun Music Hall in downtown Floyd Saturday night. […]

If you ever go to Sinkland Farms Pumpkin Festival in Christiansburg make sure you bring a two year old.  According to my grandson Bryce, the farm is a kid’s play paradise where you can run through mazes, play king of the hay mountain, pet a baby goat, or play grocery store with the pumpkins. On […]

Last week I spoke to Amanda Biviano’s senior English Composition class about being a local writer. It was a college freshman class and the students were learning to do interviews and write profile stories (the main type of writing that I currently do for The Floyd Press).   They were also interested in blogs and had […]