Loose Leaf Notes

_ _________Our World Tuesday/ Wordless Wednesday

-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 8, 2021. “We have one of the best line-ups of all time, but the marque this year is that we’re back,” said Floydfest’s COO (Chief Operating Officer) Sam Calhoun about Floydfest Odyssey 2021, set to take off, July 21 – 25 at milepost 170.5 off […]

Illumination zero a chance to see anew a blind spot revealed on what you thought you knew _______________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United

-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 8, 2021 and Floyd Press online HERE. A community celebration, sponsored by Floyd’s Merchant’s and Businessmen’s Association, took place at Floyd County High School. In the early evening, people faced their lawn chairs towards building where live music was being performed. The line to the […]

1. Believe it or not, these are the alpha hens in our flock. 2. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but hens take dirt baths. They roll around and get their feathers dusted in dirt and then shake it off. 3. I call the below picture: My sister loves Chantal coffee. 4. Parkway Pink – By […]

________Wordless Wednesday

Thanks to Barb Gillespie at OuterSpace Space Cafe in Downtown Floyd for fulfilling my strawberry shortcake dreams! I had asked on our Facebook Floyd Group in late June what restaurants in Floyd might be serving my favorite seasonal dessert. The thread got long and I got lots of recipes to make it. But I didn’t […]

I still remember the man on Martha’s Vineyard doing a crossword puzzle on his cottage porch I admired his peaceful concentration and thought I’d like to do that too It’s not like wanting a cold beer after you see someone drinking one You have to work and it takes hours to finish It takes years […]

-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 1, 2021. Maestro David Stewart Wiley welcomed a full-house to Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival’s (VBRMF) annual concert at Floyd EcoVillage’s Event Center on Sunday. He described the afternoon’s Appalachian Spring and The Four Seasons performance as “a perfect piece for this time and place, […]