Loose Leaf Notes

1. Overheard from a stage at Floydfest: “Some people say the happiest place is Disney World but I think it’s Floydfest.”

2. Off the record or off the chart?

3. It was a Space Odyssey themed festival and this rain gear seemed to fit the theme.

4. “Well, you better lock your doors, turn on the news / The whole damn world is singing the blues / President lost but he don’t wanna go / Mother earth, she needs a little help, you know…” From Old Crow Medicine Show’s Medicine Man HERE.

5. I like to call this photo Aloha Floydfest.

6. Party in the Garden HERE.

7. Blog comments are like tips.

8. Writing is my calling, my blog is like a pulpit and my weekly 13 Thursday is like a mutant sermon that has to be done every week.

9. First letter of his last name, but my son Josh said he had a strategy: an easy to spot way to find him in the festival crowd.

10. My husband Joe was on the front page of the Roanoke Times on Sunday for the mindful meditations he taught each morning at Floydfest: “In a grove by the beer garden stage at Floydfest, some find peace and tranquility among the morning noise. Meditation instructor Joe Klein of Floyd teaches a group of concert-goers how to relax and focus in spite of external distractions.”  The Rolling Stone was also at the festival and did a story HERE.

11. This is so counterintuitive for Floydfest.

12. “I wonder what this dream come true of a summer night with a full moon rising over Floyd is all about,” said Old Crow Medicine Show’s front man, Ketch Secor on stage Saturday night.

13. Take a virtual spin on the Floydfest spaceship HERE.

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