-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 30, 2020. The ‘20s are back and the Lush Lounge is Floyd’s new prohibition-themed Speakeasy, complete with a discreet entrance that opens onto a wood paneled Poker Room bar and several unique lounge areas, including a silent movie screening room and a traveling carnival-themed room. […]
1. My eleven-year-old grandson asked to have the radio on when I was driving him home from school, saying, “Can you turn that podcast back on?” 2. Yesterday I looked up the words tirau and testudo. 3. My idea of being early is not being late. 4. THIS is music to my Boston Massachusetts ears. […]
The last few weeks of my brother’s lives played out like the conclusion of a dramatic Hollywood script, a plot with a twist. The road trip they took, two weeks before the first death, became the beginning of a larger journey, the one in which they would both leave this world. I have decided to […]
“How many bars does it take to make it a bar hop?” someone asked me. “Three,” I answered, and three was the Saturday night plan. Singer songwriter Matt Holloman got some great sounds out of his guitar at the Buffalo Mountain Brewery’s pub, with a wah pedal and looper. The above video clip is him […]
Daddy left me a magnifying glass to read life’s fine print He watches birds from up on high in apple blossom time Mommy left me a bread knife an everyday tool that never dulls She kneels in her garden in the sun without a hat watching her seedlings grow up _________Colleen Redman / Poets and […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 23, 2020. It was a big year for Music Road Co (MRCO), a popular local band that includes two sets of brothers, three of whom currently live in Floyd County on Music Road. The band’s year included high-energy performances of their Reggae/Funk Afro/Latin inspired music […]
1. The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence but the sky is always bluer on the side of new adventure. 2. You can take that bank shot to the bank! HERE. 3. The canaries in the mine / are singing in January / a swan song for fire tides / […]
I’m so glad boys will be boys. / Our World Tuesday / Wordless Wednesday
The canaries in the mine are singing in January a swan song for scorched earth and melting glaciers The buds have opened their eyes only to have them poked out Migrating flocks are flying in circles while bears in caves are having bad dreams There is no magic pill for a beanstalk escape no way […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 16, 2020. “A market with a bistro feel.” That’s how Rebecca Shannon of Rebecca’s Pantry described Floyd’s Indoor Winter Market, an offshoot of the Floyd Farmers Market, held Saturdays from May – November at the Community Pavilion. Like the outdoor Farmers Market, the Winter Market […]
1. I recently had a beer called “Literally Wrote the Book.” 2. Here’s what I wrote in a journal in 2003: You spend the first half of your life in input – learning, receiving and taking it all in – and the second half of your life in output –turning all you have taken in […]
The last few weeks of my brother’s lives played out like the conclusion of a dramatic Hollywood script, a plot with a twist. The road trip they took, two weeks before the first death, became the beginning of a larger journey, the one in which they would both leave this world. I have decided […]
