It was one dance party after another, starting with (for me) Noah Proudfoot and the Botanicals, who when I first saw them in the Yoga Jam program, I thought they were going to lead an herb workshop. I took my shoes off to dance and they got down and dirty. This is where I said […]
The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 22, 2019. Long before Kyle Buckland knew what the term “Plein Air” meant (French for “in the open air”), he only painted outside. Inspired by the impressionist landscape painters he saw in art books, when he was 15 he made a deal with his parents. […]
1. It all goes downhill after I have to put on socks. 2. You know how they say ‘good eye’ in baseball? I say it to photographers. 3. Lying on a rock with my camera in hand and on my lap after hiking to the Cascades waterfall, I said to my sister Sherry, “This is […]
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There were some good jokes and deliveries, some good physical comedy and good New Yowk accents at the final June Bug performance of the Floyd Community Theatre Guild’s production of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple. It was the female version. I think the girls here are turning their noses up at some questionable sandwiches found […]
Last night I re-read a comment from 2005 You were cancer-free when you said “I always wish I knew you were depressed” It was on a blog post titled I Almost Went to Woodstock back when blogs were like living rooms that we wandered in and out of talking to each other You almost went […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 22, 2019. For eight years now people up-and-down the east coast having been coming to Yoga Jam for its unique blend of music, yoga, dance and art. Musicians and teachers have come from all over the country. They come to enjoy the rural outdoors, camp […]
-A selection of the following photos first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 22, 2019. Shamama (Siobhan Lowe) was the emcee of the third annual Cirque du Floyd, a grassroots event showcasing regional circus arts. Held at Chantilly Farm August 16 -17, the two-day cirque featured performances, workshops, music and vending. Eliza and Jay […]
1. Mary Poppins: parasol or umbrella? 2. “Don’t expect the mirror to smile first.” – A’Court Bason 3. It was like an invasion. There were blow-up aliens everywhere at the Cirque du Floyd over the weekend. 4. I haven’t followed the news in a week, since my sister and her husband have been here on vacation. […]
I’d Rather Be Part 1 HERE. _____________________Our World Tuesday / Wordless Wednesday
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-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 8, 2019. Nothing has been the same for Morgan Wade since she played Floydfest last year. That was when the Floyd singer/songwriter’s music career converged with Sadler Vaden, the guitarist for Grammy award winning musician Jason Isbell who was a festival headliner. Isbell’s sound tech, […]
