– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 7, 2015. When it comes to music CDs, Bob Grubel has a perfect dozen, although some of those releases were done in the 80s and recorded on tape cassettes. Grubel, a Floyd County vocalist, lyricist and keyboardist, has recently released his newest CD, Stay […]
1. I’m not sure what it means, but I saw a sign on Facebook that said “Go Van Gogh.” 2. What’s more a bolt or a jolt? 3. Last night I told Joe that I like pasta so much that I might be a Pastafarian. 4. Why is there no 13 font on my computer? […]
Wordless Wednesday
I’ve written this poem before It’s like a movie I saw long ago that I can’t remember the end to There’s a worn pathway that’s easy to find but there’s also amnesia and I can’t take my eyes off the point of remembering as it is happening again I flip TV channels while the monarch […]
Shadow Shot Sunday
-The following appeared with a larger collection of photos in the May 7, 2015 issue of The Floyd Press. This year’s annual Floyd Earth Day Eco-Expo surpassed past year attendances, judging by the full parking lot and the number of people participating. Hosted by the Partnership for Floyd at the Floyd Ecovillage on Saturday, the […]
1. The addition of the letter S to the word Lyme in Amy Tan’s article, SLyme Disease: How a Speck Changed My Life Forever, is not only like a mutant plural, but it also has a double meaning. Her story is worth the read and could easily be one about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. See HERE. 2. […]
The apple blossom weather for the 16 Hands Studio Tour and little girls in pink lifted my spirits this weekend. Floyd blogger Fred First coined the phrase Earth Day on Floyd Time. I covered the Floyd Earth Day Eco Expo for the paper, not on April 22 but on May 2, which is where I […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 30, 2015 with the title From Party to Festival. A new generation of festival promoters, musicians and musical-minded friends are bringing homegrown music from the backyards, living rooms and front porches of Floyd County to the open countryside for a three day music festival […]
It’s that time of year again. The spring 16 Hands Studio Tour is like the Camelot of pottery tours and, being in the country, it can include scenes of free range chickens. Kyle Carpenter’s plates in the sun remind me of stack of warm pancakes. Kyle is my son, 16 Hands member Josh Copus‘s, guest artist. […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on April 23, 2015. “The universe is a community of subjects and not a collection of objects” is a truth that was stated by eco-theologian Thomas Berry and quoted throughout the recent SustainFloyd community conversation and documentary screening of The Great Story, a film about […]
