-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press (an expanded version) on April 29, 2021. The rain didn’t deter attendees – most of which were children – to Saturday’s rain-or-shine Earth Day event at The Little River Outdoor School. The school’s lead teacher Isabella Porter said she’s noticed kids don’t mind the weather as much […]
1. “I know I’m going to get ratioed for this but I miss the two spaces after a period.” – Seen on Twitter 2. ‘Ratioed’ means that a tweet or post gets more replies than likes. It suggests that the tweet has lit a fire among Twitter users, with people clamouring to join the debate […]
Bright sustenance Soul nourishment A full serving Feast your eyes __________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
Welcome a new local band, and one you can dance to, Appalachian Space Train. They played two Neil Young cover’s and two from the Beatles. The last set was all originals. I sat with my new kilt-wearing friend Caveman Jones. Primarily known as a drummer and teacher/musical director at HoloRhythm Community Drum School, Caveman (and […]
I don’t remember the way to the first mall in the South Shore to the first McDonalds in Weymouth or the drive-in movie on Route 3A But I remember the footpath through the Japanese knotweed that we called rhubarb and ate with sugar behind the old Coast Guard Station on the way to a friend’s […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 22, 2021. Steven Quesenberry had the first inkling to write his Floyd-based memoir, Caveman Supersonic: A Tale of Three Brothers, when he was a teenager. Much later, when his brother Darryl (Animal) was visiting him in Northern Virginia where he lives, they were sitting around […]
1. I don’t do emojis because they’re too small for me to see, because I can’t find them on my phone and if I do find them I don’t know how I did and don’t know how to make them go away. 2. I’ve been looking at plant images for hours like a cop looking […]
We were thrilled to see pink trilliums. Fire pinks really know how to get your attention. I’m told there are five kinds of violets at the bottom of Rock Castle Gorge and we saw all five of them. We would have taken more pictures but we were too busy walking and talking. Virginia Bluebells are […]
When poetry becomes dictation it’s like having an imaginary friend that no one (but you) believes in and no one wants to meet When poetry becomes a distraction it’s like holding your ear to the moon and listening for the ocean where everyone knows the sky should be ______Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 15, 2021. Caveman Supersonic: A Tale of Three Brothers is a memoir based on S. C. Quesenberry’s memories of his first seven years living in Floyd, Virginia, and on later conversations with friends and family that filled in some details. The book starts with an […]
1. Sometimes bluebells are pink. See HERE. 2. Death is at least as big a magic trick as being born in the first place is! 3. I guarantee THIS will make you LOL. 4. THIS is a great songbird identification resource. Click on the bird and hear its song. 5. “Nearly everybody gets twitterpated (lovestruck) […]
Virginia bluebells are blooming in Rock Castle Gorge / Our World Tuesday / Wordless Wednesday
