Toad Pool A Venus of Willendorf Before And After Grown to be eaten out of house and home Could be mistaken for a Reese’s Cup Could be mistaken for a turtle shell Smurf Village / aka Much Mush Rooms Smurfette’s Best Bet / aka Fun Ghee Whiz _____________Our World Tuesday /My Corner of the World
-The following poem was published in 1994 in The New River Free Press’s Appalachian Voices. It’s from a collection of Floyd-based poetry/prose that I read with Little River Poetry Festival co-founder Jack Callan at this year’s festival, titled “Where Else But Floyd? A 30+ Year Retrospective in poetry and essay excerpts.” When’s the last time […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 6, 2020. “I’ve always loved to cook and I love to experiment,” said Michelle Scott, the owner of Jonesburg Pepper Company, a new Locust Street take-out restaurant, located where Oddf3llows used to be. It’s adjacent to the Sacred Star and Stone, which opened just two […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 6, 2020. Part 2 will be posted tomorrow. “A most unique kind of rock shop.” That’s how Sacred Star and Stone owner Katrina Gravely describes her Locust Street store. Gravely, who joins the trend of women-owned downtown businesses, says her shop grew out of her […]
1. I love to swim but I don’t like swimming in cold water like I don’t like biking up hills. 2. The first full dunk and breast stroke in the Great Oaks pool is like the first haul of a good IPA. 3. I don’t suppose I can get one of THESE for Christmas 4. […]
Does green mean to GO to OuterSpace, the hip downtown outdoor hangout? I pulled over after talking with OuterSpacer Ashleigh Ward because the light was just right and everything was cast in a summer glow. I learned from Ashleigh that, along with Magic Bus Grateful baked goodies and art, Revolution Juice smoothies and Bootleg BBQ, […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 30, 2020. Two days after Christmas, Tim White was looking at camper prices on Ebay when the Daddy Rabbit’s Campground “For Sale” ad popped up. His wife Pam walked in the room and asked what he was doing. He joked that he was looking at […]
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