-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 9, 2021. Attendees of the 27th Annual Winterfest Art and Craft Festival got the message, ‘buy local and homemade.’ The free holiday tradition, held Saturday and Sunday, is one that showcases some of the best of the county’s creative artisanship and draws visitors in time […]
-For Katherine We dig and hit pay dirt A vein that shines when polished that runs through the gray of granite A soul’s inheritance of awakened presence ___________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United
1. On the way to getting my latest poetry book published with the help of a local publisher, I felt excited and nervous, and then thought, ‘it’s a little like having a baby, but it’s okay because I have a good midwife.’ 2. I had the manuscript ready for more than 9 months, 2 years […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on December 2, 2021. The weekend after Thanksgiving was Josh Copus’ last 16 Hands Studio Tour as a member of the long-standing artisan group, 16 Hands. Copus, who grew up in Floyd and lives in Marshall, NC, was welcomed into the group in 2009, along with […]
I think of every part of life as a developmental stage. We learn to walk and talk. We develop attachments and a conscience. We are attracted to others, try new things, do work that we love and hope to be recognized. It all goes according to some unspoken schedule and with every stage we can […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 2, 2021. A full gallery of photos can be seen on the newspaper’s online site HERE. Sunday’s Topsy Turvey Christmas Parade down Locust and Main streets featured decorated holiday-themed floats and vehicles, clowns, seasonal music performed by the FCHS band, costumed marchers that included dogs […]
1. On the new Beatles documentary Get Back: It’s been a strange experience watching them create songs they don’t know the lyrics to. We know the lyrics but can’t tell them. 2. I lost my train of thought or my thoughts went off track? 3. Writer’s block or time to walk a block? 4. The […]
