Loose Leaf Notes

_________Wordless Wednesday

Meet my 5 guys. And this is our crew. Every year we get together for a Floydfest family portrait. And every day at Floydfest there’s a new hat. See what I mean? T-shirts are a thing too. And always there is ice cream. The natives like to hang out in the Children’s Universe. I like […]

Sometimes all it takes is a basil mozzarella quesadilla and some up-for-grab-fries with friends to say it’s “Floydfest.” It’s the simple things like the grown-up  homeboys reunion that says “Floydfest” to me. The headliners are a big draw but sometimes catching the local talent and feeling a sense of Floyd pride is what says “Floydfest.” […]

They’ve voyaged home to the mountain in droves, those who come back every year and first-timers who know that their first time won’t be their last. “If you build it, they will come.”  That goes for the festival and its yearly art installations that grace the main field. This year it’s a giant sailing ship […]

1. We’re all in with summer. 2. At the Small Town Summer Floydfest Sound Check Lucy Woodward and Charlie Hunter’s drummer Keita Ogawa presented a “Porkestra” with three squeaky pigs playing beats. Listen HERE. 3. Also at the Small Town Summer free concert in the park, everyone wanted to dance with little Riley, including me. […]

-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 18, 2019. The summer season at Saturday’s Farmers Market is abuzz with activity every Saturday from 9 – 1 pm. Handpicking and weighing local fruit and vegetables is a common sight. Earl White of Indian Farm Bakery makes a sale. Penny Lane of Mostly at Home […]

But humans playing water sports have been known to attack.  _______________Our World Tuesday/  Wordless Wednesday

I see you only with insight in hindsight in moonlight that penetrates a dream where the parts of you that live in me are cast in sand castle worlds that wash away in morning Love has amnesia when it comes to storms My love is a boat that has saved me ________Colleen Redman / Poets […]

-The following first appeared in The  Floyd Press on July 18, 2019. “Helping to build a resilient local economy through agriculture, energy and education” read the SustainFloyd booth banner at the 3rd annual Floyd Energy Fest at Chantilly Farm. The daylong Energy Fest featured speakers, vendors and exhibitors, presentations on renewable energy and technologies, a […]

1. My grandson Liam found this caterpillar that was perfectly camouflaged as part of the stick that it was on. 2. Sunset on the magic blue bus HERE. 3. When Liam’s dad was little he talked about driving around in a bus when he got older.  Every night when I would kiss him goodnight I’d […]

_______Wordless Wednesday 

I can’t walk by OuterSpace on the way to dance at Dogtown without stopping. I went inside Barb’s magic blue bus for the first time. While I was on the bus Joe played piano. The Buddhas live here. There’s a free library and a space mail box. We stopped on the way out after dancing […]