The following appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on May 10, 2012. In 2009 Floyd County High School’s graduating valedictorian and salutatorian both had educational roots in Floyd’s small independent Blue Mountain School (BMS). They weren’t the only ones. As many as ten students in the past 19 years who attended BMS and later enrolled […]
Mother and baby. It’s the biggest hanging basket I’ve ever seen! And this is my favorite Mother’s Day card because my grandson Bryce helped pick it out. It shows his sense of humor and the humor we share together. Happy Mother’s Day to all!
Shadow Shot Sunday
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on May 10, 2012 about the 3rd annual Land’s Sake Eco-fair hosted by the Partnership for Floyd. Andy Kaplan of Dominion Electric Vehicles in Salem presented three vehicles for a Green Machine Expo at the 2nd annual Land’s Sake Earth Day event, held at the Floyd […]
1. I found a poetry blog I like, Naming Constellations, by Joseph Harker. I especially like Harker’s byline: “My daily writing process: First, I eat breakfast. Then, I mythologize breakfast.” 2. It’s interesting to me that Joseph is a poet with the name Harker and that “hark” means to hear with intention and to call […]
The last of the packing comes down to one question Should I bring extra shoes or make room for a book Guide to a Happy Life? I’m still looking for a good Sinatra record because he was to your generation what the Beatles were to mine and music is a memory that doesn’t skip I’ve […]
I tend to be a homebody recluse, so I was shocked to look out my bathroom window and see a parking lot full of cars pulled up on the grass in my backyard. I’m also not used to locking the door when I’m in my own house using the bathroom, but that’s what I did […]
On a weekend drive in the country? Stop by our log cabin home off the Blue Ridge Parkway and see the work of my Asheville Potter Josh Copus son (aka Uncle Josh) and his guest artist Joey Sheehan for the Sixteen Hands Spring Studio Tour. For a complete list of member artists and maps to […]
1. We are getting smart faster than we are getting wise, says Fred at Fragments from Floyd. He was referring to the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and the fact that a former Japan ambassador recently warned that reactor #4 is vulnerable to collapse, which would create “a global catastrophe like we have never before […]
Wordless Wednesday Taken from my Asheville Potter son Josh’s Facebook page. That’s him in the drivers seat. Today he is headed this way for the 16 Hands Art Studio Tour with one of the stops at my house. I’m pretty sure he’ll be driving THIS.
1. The Other Woman The “other woman” is Wendy She’s co-dependent with Peter She’s passive-aggressive with pirates and sleeps with lost boys She threatens to leave Neverland because Peter won’t be her daddy He won’t discipline the children or stop seeing Tiger Lily Wendy won’t live in Peter’s shadow She wants […]
