1. I made THIS clip for Joe who couldn’t go with me to hear The Kind for their first appearance at Dogtown Roadhouse Saturday night. I really wanted to video tape them doing Tennessee Jed, which I sometimes mistakenly call Tennessee Ed or Ted, but I was too busy dancing to it. 2. Speaking of […]
Wordless Wednesday
This was the first time that the Floyd County High School senior prom was held at the Floyd EcoVillage, an elegant venue that includes the Celebration Hall, the Conversation Café and a spacious lobby that looks out onto a pond. It was a masquerade theme with all the fixings. There was even a red carpet, […]
~ The following first appeared in the April 24, 2014 edition of The Floyd Press. A red piano, a world champion classical whistler, a renowned symphony conductor who has worked with Billy Joel, and a young violinist who was a top ten finalist on America’s Got Talent were some of the elements that made a […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
I don’t take a pill for depression because I’m still waiting for its lesson I’m in the front row with my hand raised knowing the question and answer are the same I don’t bring an apple or a butter knife to cut it I’ve given up my preoccupation with boys Now I think about which […]
1. “On Walden Pond” is not a movie starring the Fondas, nor is it a book by Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau; that was Walden; or, Life in the Woods (1984), which was reprinted in the ’60s as, simply, Walden. 2. It’s not an easy read. When Joe and I were on our mini-vacation at the […]
I’ll Take One of Everything Lovebirds Omelets for All Save Some Room for Dessert A Welcome Sight for the After-Brunch Couch Potatoes Waterfalling in Love No Calorie Indulgence Here Post notes: The above photos were taken Sunday at Primland’s Easter Brunch. See last year’s Easter “Thrill of Daffodil and Poetry of Tea” HERE.______________Our World
Joe and I wanted to rename Warbler Road “Waterfall Road” because we didn’t see any warblers on the 13 mile drive (just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Botetourt County), but we did see, and pulled over for, several waterfalls. And we drove past several more. It was a little early in the season […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
The Roanoke Redbuds are worth trip down the mountain and are in bloom now. Throw in pinwheel show and you’ve got a date.
1. Best comment of the week on THIS post was: Holy Virginian Smoked Ham, Batman! SPRING! 2. Me to my 3 year old grandson Liam: The birds are singing like crazy. Liam: That’s why they love each other. 3. Joe and I both wore Hello My Name IS tags this weekend, but we wore them […]
