Loose Leaf Notes

Or is it a peace of the puzzle? /  Shadow Shot Sunday

-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 11, 2018 Senator Tim Kaine and his wife Ann Holton were in Floyd Saturday morning as part of a kick-off for Kaine’s 2018 re-election campaign.  From Farmville, Danville and Martinsville, to Floyd, and then onto Galax, Bristol and Abington, the couple “hit the trail” to […]

1. My 7-year old grandson Liam (who drew the above picture) thinks my last name should be Redma’am instead of Redman, since I’m not a man. 2. The Sun is the real Golden Globe. 3. “We no longer live in the blank white spaces at the edge of print. We no longer live in the […]

Any Skeletons in Your Closet? _______Wordless Wednesday

-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 21, 2017. “We come from a proven framework,” said Floyd Montessori’s Anna Berck, referring to the work of Maria Montessori, an Italian physician and early 1900s educator and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method of building on the way children naturally learn. Berck, who has […]

Everyone’s famous when the sun’s bulb flashes when it keeps them in the spotlight and follows them through their day Everyone’s rich when the sun cashes in when its pot of gold overflows and its lucky star pays dividends _______Colleen Redman / Poets United

______Shadow Shot Sunday

-The majority of the following photos first appeared in the Floyd Press on January 4, 2018. Music Road Company entertained an enthusiastic crowd at Dogtown Roadhouse’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration Sunday night. Pictured above are (left to right) John Hill, Jake Thomas on drums, Luke Thomas and Janiah Allen. Karina Miller (left) and Emlyn […]

1. We might be the new poster children for Dogtown Roadhouse’s dance bands. 2. I posted the above photo on Facebook on New Year’s Eve with the caption “Coming Soon to a New Year Near You.” 3. Honestly, the below video clip is of one of my favorite Spoon Fight /Music Road dance standards, so […]

-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 28, 2017. Joyce Esterhuizen of Manor House Teas hosts private teas and special event tea parties at Fiddlesticks Farmhouse, her home and Airbnb in Floyd.  Guests recently gathered for a Christmas Tea, held in a library room of the restored farm house, home to the […]