I went to a tea party, a fashion show luncheon, heard Belfast-born Tom Martin perform at open mic set at the Floyd Country Store Open Mic, covered Occupy Wall Street Floyd for the local paper, went to old-time mountain singer Janet Turner’s CD release concert, and checked out the Art on the Parkway scene. Thank […]
This is where I live, the Blue Ridge Parkway. The critters and I have to share it with the tourists every October.
1. I just got a Facebook invitation to attend a Sun Hall Music concert of a band named Ultraviolet Hippopotamus. 2. In the last couple of weeks I’ve heard (and danced to) live music by Love Farm, Mighty Shakey, Ember Swift and Boris Garica. 3. I was watching the PBS special “The Rise and Fall […]
Sometimes I get nostalgic for my pink suede bell bottom pants and the maroon Indian print bag with mirrors on it or the gypsy scarf that I wore as a cape and sold at a yard sale in Texas because we had to stuff everything we owned into one U-haul trailer when we moved to […]
~ The following appeared in The Floyd Press on October 6, 2011 Blue Mountain School hosted a Harvest Festival for students, parents and friends on Thursday September 22nd. It was the school’s first event of the 2011/2012 school year and gave school director Shelly Emmett an opportunity to show visitors the school’s new expanded early […]
Liam likes the cake his mom made for him. Notice I have it on my chin too, not from eating but from kissing the birthday boy, who is now officially one year old! Watch a video clip of the action HERE and the final mess HERE.
Is the grandpa keeping up with the kids or are the kids keeping up with the grandpa?
~ The following appeared in The Floyd Press on September 29, 2011 An opening reception for more than 25 visiting paper artists was held at Troika Gallery on Friday. The artists were in Floyd for a quinquennial retreat on papermaking and to celebrate the 25th year anniversary of Hand Papermaking magazine, which all the artists […]
1. It was a good week. I killed a poisonous snake and had more than one date. 2. My son Josh, who has a composting outhouse on his North Carolina property, makes a good point when he says that future generations will balk when they hear that we used such a valuable resource as water […]
I shop for words as though the dictionary was a catalog of women’s clothes or shoes As though the folded over corners of favorite words on pages were the edited alliterations of hemmed skirts Browsing for the uncommon I pin down a suitable meaning unfold a matching pattern for a custom-made fit And if I […]
