Loose Leaf Notes

1. The best compliment I received this week was when Joe and I drove down the mountain to Stuart to buy three new hens.  I remarked to the poultry farmer – who raises everything from chicks to peacocks – that one of his crested ducks looked like Phyllis Diller.  “I didn’t think you were old […]

A honeycomb sun makes the afternoon golden Poured over the horizon it sweetens summer’s last days __________Colleen Redman_____dVerse Poets Pub

The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 22, 2013 The tents are bigger and new showers have been built.  With over 30 teachers scheduled, 35 hours of inspirational workshops planned and 18 bands ready to get you moving, excitement is mounting for the second annual Floyd Yoga Jam, set to take place […]

Gyroscopic fire dancers Emily Williamson and Barb Gillespie performed at intermission at the 5th annual Floyd Family dysFUNctional Picnic, founded by the late Tom Ryan and in honor of him this year. Held at the Pine Tavern, the picnic featured catered food and Republic of Floyd (also founded by Tom) merchandise for sale, including Tom’s […]

A’Court Bason (10/5/1957 – 8/17/2013) was the Lao Tzu of Floyd (along with his older brother Will).  He was a self-described butterfly mystic from Across the Way, the English translation of his home farm, Travianna, or what he liked to call Kooky Town.  He came to Floyd with his family at the age of 13.  […]

1. Favorite summer activity: taking picture of butterflies in my yard and eating the berry pie that Joe carried through airports and on planes for me, all the way from Seattle. 2. While in Seattle, teaching a teen meditation retreat, he saw THIS amazing art show of a Nashville artist who makes elaborate art out […]

For A’Court 10/5/1957 – 8/17/2013 Every death is a pearl in a rosary of prayer And tonight you are the moon smiling at the center A trail of clouds has parted into rows of unbroken lines An I-Ching hexagram makes a bridge to cross the way ____________Colleen Redman___dVerse Poets Pub Post notes:  The name of […]

In the best Floyd tradition, we filled the dance floor at Dogtown Roadhouse last night, dancing to Floyd’s Time is Art.   Even Ed Cohn (far left), the farmer/musician who the dance party fundraiser was for, spun with the best of them.  Ed is moving to Portland and was recently robbed of the money he […]

Aka Tree Traffic __________Shadow Shot Sunday

Out on a Limb Don’t Fence Me in Double Your Pleasure Dive in Pretty in Pink The Sparkle of Purple Wild in a Meadow Summer Flies By _______Skywatch Friday

1. I was recently thinking how everything in my life comes down to pace and that the best way to pace myself is to give myself space between activities. Now I’m wondering if space is the mutant plural of pace, like slow is to low and slight is to light, with more pace equaling more […]