– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on September 11, 2014 The Floyd Radio Show at the Country Store opened the first show of its fourth season in old time tradition with a variety of musical performances, announcements ripped from the Floyd headlines, radio skits, letters from camp and more. Spoken word […]
The word glorious came to mind: a bounty of apples picked with our precious grandsons in our favorite abandoned orchard. “I’m taking some good Andrew Wyeth shots,” I said to Joe, who was reassuring three-year-old Liam that the grazing cows wouldn’t hurt us. Our favorite “golden tree” stood alone in the sun-filled pasture. It had […]
Taken at the National Gallery of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum in D.C. More to come… Shadow Shot Sunday
“What we do today will affect our water quality for centuries.” – Mark Sowers, Floyd dairy farmer. -The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on September 18, 2014 A scientist, a poet, musicians, biologists and farmers were all part of a Sunday afternoon presentation on the future of Floyd County water. Held at the […]
1. My recent experience in D.C. seeing the Andrew Wyeth exhibit at the National Gallery of Art was so visceral that I found myself holding my head back while looking at Wind from the Sea as if it was blowing on me. 2. I had been wanting to see a Wyeth exhibit for more than […]
I don’t know how art can unglue me so. There’s nothing else like it but lovemaking. In D.C. on Sunday I welled up with emotion at the National Gallery of Art’s Andrew Wyeth exhibit, an exhibit I had been waiting three decades to see. Finally standing in front of the vivid scenes of Wyeth’s world […]
Corn silk crescent Strand of night Cocoon for the moon’s growing light ________Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
“You’re buying a book tonight from an independent book store in a solid family business. I really appreciate that,” said author Neil Sagebiel at the noteBooks local book launch of his new book, Draw in the Dunes: The 1969 Ryder Cup and the Finish that Shocked the World. The book launch party spread out from […]
Goodbye Summer Close the Door on Your Way Out ______Sunday Shadow Shot
1. Between the bee and the thistle, I felt the above picture should be named “Don’t Stand too Close.” 2. I was juggling taking notes, video clips and pictures at a recent event that I was covering for the paper when my high school motto for getting good grades came back to me: Just Pay […]
The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on September 11, 2014. They must be doing something right at Floyd’s Spikenard Farm & Honeybee Sanctuary. “We had zero percent losses last winter,” said the sanctuary’s director and beekeeper, Gunther Hauk. “Everybody’s losing 40 – 60 – 80% around here. One beekeeper near Blacksburg emailed […]
