1. I don’t like it when people precede their sentences with the word “Look,” unless, of course, it’s my 2 year old grandson Liam. 2. Carolyn Kennedy lost her chance to run for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat in 2008 largely because she came across poorly in interviews, using the term “you know,” 12 times in […]
~ The following first appeared in the summer issue of It’s All About Her, a regional news magazine insert. From down-home to Art Nouveau, from poster to portrait and more, as an artist Emily Williamson has done it all. Born and raised in Floyd County, it’s not surprising that some of her paintings are of […]
~The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 24, 2013 About 30 people recently attended a teaching by special guest Amchi Tshampa Ngawang at the Blue Ridge Center for Chinese Medicine (BRCCM), a Traditional Chinese Medicine and Martial Arts clinic in Pilot part of Floyd Country. Ngawang is a Buddhist Lama and a […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
Full moon temptation at the traffic light The red light says STOP but the moonlight says COME yield to your natural signals Note: This poem is more than a decade old, but the photo was taken yesterday. I saw it at the traffic light in Floyd and pulled over in front of Farmers […]
1. I call the above photo “Drive Safely.” When I posted it on Facebook, comment titles included “A Divided Slideway,” “A Slippery Slope That Takes the Mind on a Ride” and “Taking the Coast-al Route.” 2. My Grandson Bryce on Monday: “I just patted Snoop because sometimes dogs need to be love-did.” 3. Only in […]
The following first appeared in The Floyd Press. “Recording is the primary document used now. It used to be that the transcript was the primary document, but that’s no longer true,” said Eileen McAdam, one of the presenters of a two-day oral history workshop recently hosted by the Floyd Country Store. McAdam is the director […]
Saturday Sunday I came home to this, after attending a talk by a Tibetan Buddhist Lama, which included teachings on impermanence, karma and the life of the Buddha, among other things.
Shadow Shot Sunday
I’m pretty sure it was a Floyd first, a Mardi Gras inspired parade from the Gardner Funeral Home into downtown Floyd to mark the passing of someone well loved. There were beads, bells and feathers, and a trumpet playing “May the Saints go Marching” in honor of Tom, who grew up in New Orleans and […]
1. Strange how we live in a world where convenience means that friends leave messages on two phones (home and cell) and leave comments on two online forums (Facebook and this blog). 2. Sometimes I post the same thing on the blog and on Facebook and then watch the race to see which gets more […]
Wordless Wednesday
