The following was published in The Floyd Press on May 15, 2008. The rain didn’t deter garden lovers from participating in the Mother’s Day Farm Tour at Full Circle and Five Penny Farms in Floyd this past Sunday. Traffic up and down the long dirt driveway into Full Circle Farm for the open house event […]
~ The following was published in the Floyd Press on May 1, 2008. Rosemary Wyman’s business, New Day, has been providing home health care and support to individuals and their families since 2005. The business is a natural extension of a life long interest of Wyman’s. “Whenever I was asked what I wanted to be […]
The following appeared in the All About Her regional newspaper insert on May 1, 2008. Appreciating nature in our own backyard can be a first step to being a good steward of the earth. Pam Cadmus, owner of Specialty Garden Design, wants more people to enjoy their home surroundings. “We don’t love our habitat […]
This story was published in The Floyd Press on May 1, 2008. It was also featured on the newspaper’s website HERE. “This is getting to be a real good smelling poetry reading,” said visiting poet Jim Webb in reference to the scent of popcorn coming from the front of the Floyd Country Store. Webb and […]
The following is the third and final installment of a story I wrote about our local art scene for a Floyd Press special insert. Part I is HERE. Part II is HERE. The literary arts also have a presence in Floyd, with a monthly open mic night and at least two writing workshop groups. Poets […]
A Flourishing of Arts in Floyd, Part I is HERE. This story originally appeared in The Floyd Press on March 27, 2008. Another sign that the arts have grown in the community is Floyd’s active nightlife. Music lovers and fiddle players spilling over into the streets for the Friday Night Jamboree is part of Floyd’s […]
This is the first installment of a three part reprint from a story that originally appeared in a Floyd Press special insert on March 27, 2008. A post about the process I went through writing this retrospective on Floyd arts can be found HERE. Whether it’s food and shelter, or creative arts and entertainment, Floyd […]
The following was published in The Floyd Press on April 10, 2008. Floyd County poet, Mara Robbins (pictured on the left) was one of three students representing nine regional schools to receive a first place award at a Poetry Symposium this past weekend. The symposium, titled “The Power of Poetry,” was a first time event, […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on March 27, 2008. Those monthly Scrabble games I’ve been playing with friends at the Café Del Sol have paid off. I was one of three players from our informal group representing Floyd in a Scrabble Tournament to benefit the Literacy Volunteers of Roanoke this […]
The Following appeared in the regional newspaper insert “All About Her” in January 08. Coriander Woodruff has been her own kind of musician since she was a toddler making drums from empty coffee cans. When she was ten years old, she heard a segment on NPR radio about GarageBand, a software program that features a […]
The following was published in The Floyd Press on January 24, 2008. Bernie Coveney – who has played with Grammy award winner Emmylou Harris, contributed to the soundtrack of King of the Gypsies, and taught Robert Duval how to play guitar for his role in Tender Mercies – has just released a first CD […]
The following was published in the January 17, 2008 issue of The Floyd Press and also appears online HERE. About fifteen knitters showed up to have their knitting questions answered by Margaret Radcliffe at the Jessie Peterman Library this past Sunday afternoon. Radcliffe, a Blacksburg resident who has been knitting for forty-five years, is the […]
