1. This is my first time reading a memoir that starts with the author telling her story from before she was born. 2. “Though I was reluctant to be born, I was attracted by the music. I had plans. I was entrusted with carrying voices, songs and stories to grow and release to the world, […]
-The following first appeared as a feature in Sounds of Floyd, a July 2017 magazine insert publication of The Floyd Press Floyd has always been rich with mountain music, whether it was played on porches, in living rooms, in hollers or churches. The Floyd Country Store’s Friday Night Jamboree was one of the town’s first […]
___________Shadow Shot Sunday
-The following first appeared with a larger spread of photos in The Floyd Press on September 7, 2017. A slideshow of other photos can be viewed on the Floyd Press website. There was an impressive turnout for the 6th annual Yoga Jam despite scattered showers and overcast weather Friday and Saturday. Parking lots and campsites […]
1. Like a football game is compromised when the weather is bad, I learned that my poem reading game is affected by cold drizzling weather. I was a little off rhythm at the first annual Poetry Slam at Floyd Yoga Jam, but still it was fun to participate. See HERE. 2. The Yoga Jam program […]
And that’s no fish tale. I’m not surprised that it was mostly Floyd dancers who danced on the grass at the Yoga Jam main stage while Floyd-based band Music Road played Sunday afternoon. We, my peers and I, have watched most of the band members grow-up and grow into excellent musicians. Some of us have […]
Hanging on the line Not enough sun to dry Gray breeze through my sleeves Blows early September Crimped shoulders crack Where the cold holds me back Summer is like a childhood I’ve outgrown _________Colleen Redman / Poets United
