-I’ve covered the Floyd High Graduation for The Floyd Press for about 10 years in the past. The following was written for the paper but it wasn’t used and there was no coverage on the Graduation. The Floyd County High School graduating class of 2025 filed into the gym to the music of Pomp and […]
1. Sources say that “Mama” is both the most common first and last word spoken. 2. Hope or Cope? 3. Graft or grift? In some contexts, “graft” and “grift” are used interchangeably to describe dishonest or corrupt activities, but they have slightly different nuances. “Graft” typically refers to the misuse of power or influence within a […]
Thanks to everyone who came out to the book launch of my new poetry book Mining the Gold of the Inner Life at The Book House on Sunday. The Book House is our year-old independent book store with three sprawling floors of new and used books, art supplies, stationary, a café, a children’s treehouse room, […]
Life is a stage for the parts that we play for critics and fans and plots that take turns With no laugh tracks no Hollywood sets with no written scripts it’s all hit or miss It’s all material Re-runs and sequels There are no rehearsals No second takes Sometimes we wing it Sometimes we practice […]
1. I don’t talk about my age. But the birthday celebrations were epic this year. 2. They involved so many of my favorite things like dancing to Dead tunes with Dead Reckoning and The Band’s Last Waltz with Josh Daniels at the yearly Camp Reckoning Music Fest. 3. And strawberry shortcake made by my friend […]
Mining the Gold of the Inner Life: My sister Sherry posted this picture after receiving my new poetry book from Amazon (also available locally at The Book House, The Harvest Moon and The Floyd Country Store). She set it against the backdrop of our family of nine siblings, the roots foundation where it all started, […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 15, 2025 – Floyd Senior Day, a resource fair highlighting resources and services available to the Floyd Community, was held at the Floyd Town Hall Community Room on Saturday 10 – 2pm. The event featured approximately 20 information tables and was hosted by FACT (Floyd […]
1. Coming from a family with nine kids, we were only given pennies to put in the poor box at church. We called all the coins that weren’t pennies (nickels, dimes and quarters) ‘white money’ and I thought we were rich if we had those. 2. Back then I thought people who put dimes in […]
I clean the stove with my mother We weed the garden together I feel every ache as I bend and stoop like she used to Her things speak for her in silent voice A bread knife A tulip print The porcelain cup that I took from her house before it was emptied and sold Not […]
1. Last week I watched it snow winged maple seeds for days. Judging by the number of them helicoptering down, my yard should be a maple orchard soon. 2. A hike is so much more doable when I think of it as a stroll. 3. I like to sit up front at concerts and events […]
Driving to Dogtown to celebrate my friend Susanna’s birthday, I found myself singing the Oh, Susanna song and then imagining that all the people I saw parking or walking near Dogtown were also going to Susanna’s birthday celebration. Later, our party moved to Outer Space. “Look at all the people who came to celebrate your […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 1, 2025. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Jessie Peterman Memorial Library’s Pavilion Project drew a crowd of supporters on April 4. Fundraising by the Floyd County Building Fund and Floyd Friends of the Library began for the 850-square-foot structure on December 2023 and is nearing […]
